The Red Romance Book
by Andrew Lang (Editor), Henry Justice Ford (Illustrator) & Mrs Lang
- First published:
- 20th century
- Language: English
"The Red Romance Book" by Andrew Lang is a collection of heroic tales and legends published in 1905. This treasury brings together legendary adventures drawn from medieval sagas and chivalric romances, featuring iconic characters like Don Quixote, El Cid, and Bevis of Hampton. From knights battling dragons to werwolves and fairy kings, these stories blend literary fantasy with historical fact. Illustrated by Henry J. Ford, the collection spans tales of honor, enchantment, and daring quests from Europe's rich tradition of romantic adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.
Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page and project-gutenberg matched “Fairy tales”, “folklore”, “mythology”, and 2 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the description, “Sagas” in the description, “Tales” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
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- “Tales”· via The Online Books Page
- “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
- “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg
- “tales”· via Project Gutenberg
- “Legends”· in description
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Editions
2 editions cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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The Online Books Page curated catalog record London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1921 | 1921 | — | — | — | Source listed online copy | |
Project Gutenberg electronic edition Project Gutenberg metadata does not identify the source print edition. | 2008-02-15 | Project Gutenberg | English | — | Public domain (USA) |
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Cataloging notes
- Editors: Lang, Andrew
- Illustrators: Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)
- Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
- The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1921
- Catalog id
- project-gutenberg:24624
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