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Orlando Furioso

Part One

Ludovico Ariosto author Barbara Reynolds translator Barbara Reynolds editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:29th May '75

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One of the greatest epic poems of the Italian Renaissance, Orlando Furioso is an intricate tale of love and enchantment set at the time of the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne's conflict with the Moors. When Count Orlando returns to France from Cathay with the captive Angelica as his prize, her beauty soon inspires his cousin Rinaldo to challenge him to a duel - but during their battle, Angelica escapes from both knights on horseback and begins a desperate quest for freedom. This dazzling kaleidoscope of fabulous adventures, sorcery and romance has inspired generations of writers - including Spenser and Shakespeare - with its depiction of a fantastical world of magic rings, flying horses, sinister wizardry and barbaric splendour.

ISBN: 9780140443110

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 46mm

Weight: 596g

832 pages