ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society.

• Introduction to the Historia Apollonii; sources and analogues; the circulation of the Apollonius story in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; the influence of HA; problems in the plot; genre, reception and popularity; text of the Historia Apollonii with facing translation. Appendices: Latin and vernacular versions of HA to 1609; medieval and Renaissance allusions to the story of Apollonius.

Archibald has not only filled a major gap in scholarship; she has given us a well-planned, original, intellectually powerful study, a most useful bilingual edition of the Historia Apollonii regis Tyri, and a thorough bibliographical treatment... excellent book.

ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society.

• Introduction to the Historia Apollonii; sources and analogues; the circulation of the Apollonius story in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; the influence of HA; problems in the plot; genre, reception and popularity; text of the Historia Apollonii with facing translation. Appendices: Latin and vernacular versions of HA to 1609; medieval and Renaissance allusions to the story of Apollonius.

Archibald has not only filled a major gap in scholarship; she has given us a well-planned, original, intellectually powerful study, a most useful bilingual edition of the Historia Apollonii regis Tyri, and a thorough bibliographical treatment... excellent book.

ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD is Professor of English Studies at Durham University, and Principal of St Cuthbert's Society.

• Introduction to the Historia Apollonii; sources and analogues; the circulation of the Apollonius story in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; the influence of HA; problems in the plot; genre, reception and popularity; text of the Historia Apollonii with facing translation. Appendices: Latin and vernacular versions of HA to 1609; medieval and Renaissance allusions to the story of Apollonius.

Archibald has not only filled a major gap in scholarship; she has given us a well-planned, original, intellectually powerful study, a most useful bilingual edition of the Historia Apollonii regis Tyri, and a thorough bibliographical treatment... excellent book.