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From jiving away trolls to boogying aside bogglesnots & bopping off beasties there's not a fearsome foe Sir Dancealot can't defeat! But when a fire-breathing dragon arrives at the castle gates demanding a dance-off everyone is worried Could this be one step too far for our hero of the dance floor? A hilarious story of sequinned clothes dragon foes & twinkly toes ...

This very beautiful knight figure made from synthetic resin with shield & short sword His armor is in silver with gold accents He weighs 340 gram & is 11cm high SPECIFICATIONSCategory Medieval Function Figurines SWeight 04194 kg Primary Colour Silver Secondary Colour Gold ...

Sir Dominic Flandry Science Fiction’s James Bond & One of the Genre’s Most Popular Characters The Sixth Volume of the Complete Technic Civilization Saga Captain Dominic Flandry has been knighted for his many services to the Terran Empire—an Empire which is old jaded & corrupt as Flandry well knows & while that “ Sir” before his name may be an added attraction to comely ladies (not that he has ever lacked for the pleasant company of the same) he expects that it will also bring him less welcome attention from envious “colleagues” within the empire What it is not likely to do is make him more of an object of interest to the Merseians whose plots he has repeatedly foiled & who are much too aware of how much simpler their plans to replace the Empire would be if he were the late Sir Dominic Flandry Flandry himself has come to understand that there may be no more point to all his victories than that a few trillion of his fellow creatures may live out their lives before the inevitable coming of the Long Night of galactic barbarism At best he may have postponed its coming & shortened its duration But if that is the most he can achieve so be it—he’ll keep on fighting hoping that the barbarians too will pass followed by a new round of civilization About the Author Poul Anderson was one of the most prolific & popular writers in science fiction He won the Hugo Award seven times & the Nebula Award three times as well as many other awards notably including the Grand Master Award of the Science Fiction Writers of America for a lifetime of distinguished achievement With a degree in physics & a wide knowledge of other fields of science he was noted for building stories on a solid foundation of real science as well as for being one of the most skilled creators of fast-paced adventure stories He was author of over a hundred novels & story collections & several hundred short stories as well as several mysteries & nonfiction books He died in 2001 ...

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' The finest translation in & for our time' (Kevin Crossley-Holland) Sir Gawain & The Green Knight with its intricate plot of enchantment & betrayal is probably the most skilfully told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle Originating from the north-west midlands of England it is based on two separate & very ancient Celtic motifs of the Beheading & the Exchange of Winnings brought together by the anonymous 14th century poet His telling comprehends a great variety of moods & modes
- from the stark realism of the hunt-scenes to the delicious & dangerous bedroom encounters between Lady Bercilak & Gawain from moments of pure lyric beauty when he evokes the English countryside in all its seasons to authorial asides that are full of irony & puckish humour This new verse translation uses a modern alliterative pattern which subtly echoes the music of the original at the same time as it strives for fidelity ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more
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Preserved on a single surviving manuscript dating from around 1400 composed by an anonymous master Sir Gawain & the Green Knight was rediscovered only 200 years ago & published for the first time in 1839 One of the earliest great stories of English literature after Beowulf the poem narrates the strange tale of a green knight on a green horse who rudely interrupts the Round Table festivities one Yuletide casting a pall of unease over the company & challenging one of their number to a wager The virtuous Gawain accepts & decapitates the intruder with his own axe Gushing blood the knight reclaims his head orders Gawain to seek him out a year hence & departs Next Yuletide Gawain dutifully sets forth His quest for the Green Knight involves a winter journey a seduction scene in a dream-like castle a dire challenge answered
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The classic Arthurian legend is brilliantly recreated by an award-winning authorillustrator team Of all the tales of the Knights of the Round Table the story of Sir Gawain & the Green Knight is surely the most magical Here are thrills & enchantment chivalry & courage a challenge & a quest Its hero is the greatest of all King Arthur's knights Sir Gawain His adversary is the fearsome Green Knight who rides into Camelot one New Year's Eve with a challenge that strikes dread into Arthur's court For Gawain it is the start of an extraordinary adventure ...

A collection of three medieval English poems translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader & containing romance tragedy love sex & honour Sir Gawain & the Green Knight & Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400 Sir Gawain is a romance a fairy-tale for adults full of life & colour; but it is also much more than this being at the same time a powerful moral tale which examines religious & social values Pearl is apparently an elegy on the death of a child a poem pervaded with a sense of great personal loss but like Gawain it is also a sophisticated & moving debate on much less tangible matters Sir Orfeo is a slighter romance belonging to an earlier & different tradition It was a special favourite of Tolkien's The three translations represent the complete rhyme & alliterative schemes of the originals ...

In 1845 British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage
- the sea route linking the Atlantic
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