Chronicle and Romance: Froissart Malory Holinshed: The Five Foot Shelf of Classics Vol. XXXV (in 51 Volumes)

Author name not noted above: William Harrison. Translator name not noted above: Lord Berners. Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name Harvard Classics this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature philosophy history and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926) Harvard Universitys longest-serving president. Also known as Dr. Eliots Five Foot Shelf it represented Eliots belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XXXV features essential works of the Renaissance in England and France: - Chronicles by Frenchman JEAN FROISSART (c. 1337-c. 1405) documenting the causes and early battles of the Hundred Years War - The Holy Grail by English writer SIR THOMAS MALORY (c. 1405-1471) selections from his legendary Morte dArthur - A Description of Elizabethan England by English clergyman WILLIAM HARRISON (1534-1593) a vital source for understanding the world of William Shakespeare