Great Legends of the Middle Ages

This book collects the greatest tales about Siegfried, El Cid, Beowulf, Lohengrin, Robert the Devil, Doctor Faustus, and other heroes of medieval Europe.
The legends of mighty wizards, terrifying monsters, great battles, and soul-saving love, the motifs of which permeate all European culture, were created by popular imagination in the IX-XVI centuries.
Each of the heroes of these legends has returned to readers hundreds and thousands of times, appearing in each century in a new incarnation: we encounter their echoes in medieval knightly romances and in the works of modern fantasy writers - from "Don Quixote" to "The Master and Margarita" and contemporary series like "The Witcher" and "Game of Thrones".
The edition is illustrated with the works of outstanding masters of book graphics - Warwick Goble, Harold Nelson, William Heath Robinson, Arthur Rackham, Joseph Skelton, Bayam Shaw - as well as works by great painters of Europe of the 17th-20th centuries.