Found a copy of the Song of Roland at my local used bookstore. Cheap and much shorter than Outlaws of the Marsh.

I like how this 1970 translation has to note that Carcassonne is a city in southern France, like it’s obscure and unknown. I guess the board game wasn’t popular yet. (Or existed.)

#Reading #Literature #Carcassonne #SongOfRoland #Charlemagne #French #FrenchLiterature

#FrenchPolice are probing the mysterious disappearance of the mythical #Durandal sword, which has been embedded in the #Rocamadour cliffs for more than a millennium with locals left 'devastated'. #France #Legends #SongOfRoland #LaChansonDeRoland

French #Excalibur mysteriously disappears from rock it was stuck in for 1,300 years
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/french-excalibur-mysteriously-disappears-rock-33157760