Perceval: The Story of the Grail

Acclaimed for his sensitive and faithful translations of the work of Chrétien de Troyes, Burton Raffel here completes the fifth and last of the French poet's influential Arthurian poems. Chrétien's unfinished Perceval introduces the story of the Grail and follows Perceval's progress from a boyhood in rural seclusion to knighthood and high respect at King Arthur's court.