The Red Romance Book: Tales of Knights, Dragons & High Adventure (or The Red Book of Romance) is a book of heroic tales and legends. It was edited by Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.- Biography :Lang was born in Selkirk...

 with illustrations by Henry J. Ford

Henry J. Ford

-Gallery:Henry Justice Ford was a prolific and successful artist and illustrator, active from 1886 through to the late 1920s. Sometimes known as HJFord or Henry J Ford, he came to public attention when he provided the numerous beautiful illustrations for Andrew Lang's Fairy Books, which captured...

, and published in London by Longmans, Green, and Co. in 1905. The tales were generally taken from sagas and chivalric romances such as The Story of Burnt Njal, The Faerie Queene

The Faerie Queene

The Faerie Queene is an incomplete English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. The first half was published in 1590, and a second installment was published in 1596. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: it was the first work written in Spenserian stanza and is one of the longest poems in the English...

, Don Quixote and Orlando Furioso

Orlando Furioso

Orlando Furioso is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was not published in its complete form until 1532...

. They are about such legendary characters as Bevis of Hampton

Bevis of Hampton

Bevis of Hampton is a legendary English hero and the subject of Anglo-Norman, French, English, Venetian and other medieval metrical romances that bear his name...

, Huon of Bordeaux

Huon of Bordeaux

Huon of Bordeaux is the title character of a 13th century French epic with romance elements. He is a knight who, after unwittingly killing Charlot, the son of Emperor Charlemagne, is given a reprieve from death on condition that he fulfill a number of seemingly impossible tasks: he must travel to...

, Ogier the Dane

Ogier the Dane

Ogier the Dane is a legendary character who first appears in an Old French chanson de geste, in the cycle of poems Geste de Doon de Mayence....

 and Guy of Warwick

Guy of Warwick

Guy of Warwick is a legendary English hero of Romance popular in England and France from the 13th to the 17th century. The story of Sir Guy is considered by scholars to be part of the Matter of England.-Plot:...

. Some are literary fantasies, while others, such as the story of El Cid

El Cid

Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar , known as El Cid Campeador , was a Castilian nobleman, military leader, and diplomat...

, have a basis in historical fact.

Contents

• How William of Palermo was carried off by the Werwolf
• The Disenchantment of the Werwolf
• The Slaying of Hallgerda's Husbands
• The Death of Gunnar
• Njal's Burning
• The Lady of Solace
• Una and the Lion
• How the Red Cross Knight slew the Dragon
• Amys and Amyle
• The Tale of the Cid
• The Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance
• The Adventure of the Two Armies who turned out to be Flocks of Sheep
• The Adventure of the Bobbing Lights
• The Helmet of Mambrino
• How Don Quixote was Enchanted while guarding the Castle
• Don Quixote's Home-coming
• The Meeting of Huon and Oberon, King of the Fairies
• How Oberon saved Huon
• Havelok and Goldborough
• Cupid and Psyche
• Sir Bevis the Strong
• Ogier the Dane
• How the Ass became a Man again
• Guy of Warwick
• How Bradamante conquered the Wizard
• The Ring of Bradamante
• The Fulfilling of the Prophecy
• The Knight of the Sun
• How the Knight of the Sun rescued his Father