The lovers lived crouching in the hollow of a rock from the book ' The romance of Tristram and Iseult ' by Bédier, Joseph, 1864-1938; Simmonds, Florence; Painted by Lalau, Maurice Publication date 1910 Publisher London : William Heinemann ; Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Company Tristan and Iseult (AKA Tristram and Isolde) is a medieval chivalric romance told in numerous variations since the 12th century. Based on a Celtic legend and possibly other sources, the tale is a tragedy about the illicit love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult. It depicts Tristan's mi


The lovers lived crouching in the hollow of a rock from the book ' The romance of Tristram and Iseult ' by Bédier, Joseph, 1864-1938; Simmonds, Florence; Painted by Lalau, Maurice Publication date 1910 Publisher London : William Heinemann ; Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Company Tristan and Iseult (AKA Tristram and Isolde) is a medieval chivalric romance told in numerous variations since the 12th century. Based on a Celtic legend and possibly other sources, the tale is a tragedy about the illicit love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult. It depicts Tristan's mission to escort Iseult from Ireland to Cornwall to marry his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. On the journey, Tristan and Iseult ingest a love potion, which instigates a forbidden love affair between them.


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Location: England
Photo credit: © Historic Illustrations / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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