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The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics) (Reprint Edition) by Dorothy L. Sayers (Translator), Dorothy Leigh Sayers, No Listed, Kevyn Aucoin, David Rehak, Penguin Classics Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1978 ISBN-10: 0-14-044075-5 / 0140440755 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044075-1 / 9780140440751 On 15 August 778, Charlemagne's army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring tale of war, which was recorded in the oldest extant epic poem in French. The Song of Roland, written |