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Joanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba. The White Knight: Tirant lo
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THE WHITE KNIGHT: TIRANT LO BLANC

by
Johanot Martorell
and
Marti Johan d'Galba
Edited and Translated
by
Robert S. Rudder
For
Jose Rubia Barcia
Friend and colleague at UCLA
A true "caballero andante"
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I

. COUNT WILLIAM OF WARWICK
CHAPTER II
. THE TOURNAMENT
CHAPTER III
. SICILY
CHAPTER IV
. CONSTANTINOPLE
CHAPTER V
. THE BATTLEFIELD
CHAPTER VI
. A TRUCE
CHAPTER VII
. IN THE PRINCESS'S BED
CHAPTER VIII
. THE BETROTHAL
CHAPTER IX
. WIDOW REPOSE
CHAPTER X
. THE BARBARY COAST
CHAPTER XI
. PLAERDEMAVIDA
CHAPTER XII
. CONQUEST
CHAPTER XIII
. THE WEDDING
CHAPTER XIV
. DEATH
CHAPTER XV
. AFTERMATH DEO GRATIAS

INTRODUCTION
"Tirant lo Blanc is the best European novel of the fifteenth century,"
says Damaso