In the long history of European prose fiction, few works have been more influential and more popular than the romance of chivalry Amadis of Gaul. A bestseller in its day, it inspired a number of sequels and imitators, including Cervantes's Don Quixote, and was translated into dozens of languages. Handsome, valiant, and undefeatable in battle, Amadis was the first literary superhero of the printed age. This exquisite English translation restores his adventures to print.

Foreword by John Esten Keller