This is surely going to be the all-purpose and long-awaited standard critical edition [...] which all medievalists will need to read and cite when dealing with what is one of the foundational texts of the Latin Middle Ages. * MEDIUM AEVUM *
This fine edition will serve to make Geoffrey's Latin much more accessible and no doubt spur further research. Neil Wright's translation is graceful and precise. [...] It is wonderful to have a reliable Latin edition and translation of this important work priced for the library of the individual scholar and student. * JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL LATIN *
A fabulous British history - giants and all - deserves its former bestseller status. Fresh and engaging, and can be enjoyed purely as mythical history. * FORTEAN TIMES *
This new critical edition [...] is a major advance in scholarship and will undoubtedly become the standard text for the foreseeable future. * SPECULUM *
This is a handsome volume and a major contribution to twelfth-century British studies. It will provide a firm textual basis for the next generation of scholarly research on Geoffrey of Monmouth and on twelfth-century historiography. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *
The Historia Regum Britanniae is a text of major importance for any folklorist interested in medieval folklore, national epics, and the invention of tradition. [...] For students and scholars wanting to read Geoffrey in the original Latin, or even just looking for a good translation of the book, Michael Reeve's and Neil Wright's edition and translation [.] is the best available edition of this influential text. * FABULA *
Praise for the original hardback: * . *
Reeve's new text, a collation of 11 of the most important manuscripts, is probably the best we've had since Geoffrey put his pen down, and it makes much previous scholarship redundant. [...] A definitive work for scholars. * TOM SHIPPEY, LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS *
The text itself is beautifully edited, and the translation is extremely close to the Latin original without being stilted: all the energy of Geoffrey's prose shines through. * CHOICE *
