Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

<b>THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE <i>THE GREEN KNIGHT</i>--STARRING DEV PATEL <p/>An epic poem of honor and bravery written by an anonymous fourteenth-century poet <i>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</i> is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's masterworks and of the great Old English poems including <i>Beowulf</i>.</b> <p/>It is Christmas in Camelot and a truly royal feast has been laid out for King Arthur and his knights. And though there is plenty of good cheer to go around the festivities hardly begin before a monstrous axe-wielding green-skinned knight barges in. He has come to see the famous Knights of the Round Table and offer them a simple but deadly challenge--a challenge taken on by the brave Sir Gawain--a challenge that will force him to choose between his honor and his life.... <p/>Includes a Preface by Burton Raffel<br>an Introduction by Brenda Webster<br>and an Afterword by Neil D. Isaacs