Brut vs Layamons Brut, or Chronicle of Britain: Which Should You Read?

Brut Layamon · 1924 140 pages · ≈ 2 h 36 m · Challenging

"This version of Brut is a rendering into modern English, in verse format, of the Middle English story of Britain, from its founding by the legendary Brutus, a supposed descendant of the Trojans, to the final loss of…

Layamons Brut, or Chronicle of Britain Layamon · 1847 676 pages · ≈ 12 h 31 m · Demanding

It is a history book. Roman de Brut or Brut is a verse literary history of Britain by the poet Wace. Written in the Norman language, it consists of 14, 866 lines. It is based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum…