Perion of the Forest, an outlaw masquerading as a nobleman, loves Melicent, daughter of Dom Manuel, and when she is carried away into the East by the pagan Demetrios he follows. Cabell builds the story around the troubadours’ word for the worship of a lady, testing it against war, captivity and the shrewd merchant Ahasuerus.
Ornate, ironic and romantic all at once, a high point of Cabell’s Poictesme cycle. Download the free EPUB.