Great Legends of the Middle Ages

This book collects the greatest tales of Siegfried, El Cid, Beowulf, Lohengrin, Robert the Devil, Doctor Faustus, and other heroes of medieval Europe.
Legends of mighty wizards, terrifying monsters, great battles, and soul-saving love, the motifs of which permeate the entire... European culture, were created by the popular imagination in the 9th to 16th centuries.
Each of the heroes of these legends returned to readers hundreds and thousands of times, appearing in each century in a new incarnation: we encounter their echoes in medieval chivalric romances and in the works of modern fantasy writers — from "Don Quixote" to "The Master and Margarita" and modern series like "The Witcher" and "Game of Thrones".
The edition is illustrated with works by outstanding masters of book graphics — Warwick Goble, Harold Nelson, William Heath Robinson, Arthur Rackham, Joseph Skelton, Bayam Shaw — as well as works by great painters of Europe from the 17th to the 20th centuries.