An edition of Huon of the Horn (1951)

Huon of the horn

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An edition of Huon of the Horn (1951)

Huon of the horn

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A tale of that Duke of Bordeaux who came to sorrow at the hands of Charlemagne and yet won the favor of Oberon, the Elf King, to his lasting fame and great glory.

Publish Date
Publisher
Ace
Language
English
Pages
128

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Cover of: Huon of the Horn
Huon of the Horn
March 1987, Ballantine Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: Huon of the Horn
Huon of the Horn
October 1980, Fawcett Publications
Paperback in English
Cover of: Huon of the Horn
Huon of the Horn
November 1973, Ace Books
Paperback in English - 3rd Ace printing
Cover of: Huon of the Horn
Huon of the Horn
1968, Ace Books
Paperback in English - 2nd Ace printing
Cover of: Huon of the Horn
Huon of the Horn
1963, Ace Books
Paperback in English - 1st Ace printing
Cover of: Huon of the horn
Huon of the horn
1951, Ace
Paperback in English
Cover of: Huon of the Horn
Huon of the Horn
1951, Harcourt, Brace, and Company
Hardcover in English

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Edition Notes

Based upon the English translation by Sir John Bourchier, Lord Berners, as it appears in the publications of the Early Text Society.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
398.22

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
128 p. :
Number of pages
128

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17581082M
OCLC/WorldCat
588390

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Work Description

Huon, Duke of Bordeaux, never suspected that the evil Earl Amaury was busily plotting his downfall. So the young duke fell easily into Amaury's trap – tricked into slaying the Emperor Charlemagne's only son. The earl fed Charlemagne's wrath with lies, and the bewildered Huon found himself exiled from France. His only chance for redemption lay in the completion of four impossible tasks in the land of the deadly Saracens – a quest doomed to failure.

Huon now faced danger that would still the heart of the stoutest knight. First he had to win the aid of Oberon, King of the Elves. Only then could he hope to survive the dark peril of Babylon to take the greatest prize of all – beautiful Claramonde, daughter to the Emir!

But Amaury's deceit was still at work in Charlemagne's heart. Even if Huon could overcome all the hosts of Babylon, his greatest battle would still await…

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