Violet eyes and a mane of golden hair win her the love of a duke and the admiration of a stupendously wealthy husband; but they cannot hold the one man whose love she needs about all…..

    S. Merwin); the Middle High German epic poem The Niebelungenlied (translated by critic and academic Helen Mustard); and the Old French poem The Song of Roland (translated by William Alfred, professor of English at Harvard). The translators are preeminent authorities, and they provide critical evaluations and discussions of the technical and historical aspects of the works. Other than The Cid, these renderings are unique to this Modern Library edition.