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'Les Deux Amants'
'Les Deux Amants'
GREG WISE READS 'LES DEUX AMANTS'
by Marie De France

In which a young suitor takes on an impossible challenge.
Written in the 12th century, The Lais of Marie de France tell adventures of French courtly love. This story, 'Les Deux Amants' ('The Two Lovers') tells the tragic story of a king's daughter and her suitor.

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2 comments

1.Lily Fitzgerald Posted: 10.08.2009, 14:13

Oh, I love the story & I love Greg - what a perfect combination!

 

2.Helen Bang Posted: 23.07.2009, 14:24

Beautifully read but I think this is what Andre Maurois meant when he wrote "we owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder."

 

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