Author: OWEN, D.D.R.
Title: Noble Lovers
Description: London, Phaidon Press. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0714816566). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Very Good + copy which has some light marking to title page edges caused by the coloured frontispiece picture. Dustjacket is complete with a little wear to top edges and base of spine. In this amusing and sensitive book the author traces the roots of romantic love back 800 years to the French Troubadors, the singers of courtly love and uses the tales of well known pairs of lovers to illustrate the development of the theme. 120 illustrations of which 15 are in colour. A charming tour through the ages. NOT EX LIB B2F. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Romantic Love in History, Courtly Love, French Troubadors 0714816566


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