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A dragon attacks the North Country farmlands. Princess Una arrives in Troynouvaux to seek help from Gloriana, the Faerie Queene. She orders newly-knighted Redcrosse to take up the quest to defeat this ancient foe amid the storms and perils of avarice and falsehoods at play in court political intrigues. This folktale is based in part on the lay of The Redcrosse Knight, from Canto I of the first book of The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser. However, this story does not embrace the symbolism or political views of the original and is a work of fiction derived from the St. George legend in its various forms and sources.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
A dragon attacks the North Country farmlands. Princess Una arrives in Troynouvaux to seek help from Gloriana, the Faerie Queene. She orders newly-knighted Redcrosse to take up the quest to defeat this ancient foe amid the storms and perils of avarice and falsehoods at play in court political intrigues. This folktale is based in part on the lay of The Redcrosse Knight, from Canto I of the first book of The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser. However, this story does not embrace the symbolism or political views of the original and is a work of fiction derived from the St. George legend in its various forms and sources.
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Autorenporträt
Frank P. Araujo, an anthropologist and linguist whose Nekane, the Lamiña and the Bear and The Perfect Orange were both runner-up for the Benjamin Franklin award, crafts this ancient folktale for a modern audience. His reading and writing interests include mythology, folklore, history, and Japanese poetry.