The Knight with the Lion, Or, Yvain (Le Chevalier Au Lion)
- ISBN-10
- 0824087232
- ISBN-13
- 9780824087234
- Category
- Literary Collections / Medieval
- Pages
- 331
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Garland
- Author
- Chrétien
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