<b>A story of guile, treachery, loyalty and desperate courage<br><br></b>This great German epic poem of murder and revenge recounts with particular strength and directness the progress of Siegfried's love for the peerless Kriemhild, the wedding of Gunther - her brother - and Brunhild, the quarrel between the two queens, Hagen's treacherous murder of Siegfried, and Kriemhild's eventual triumph.<br><br>Composed nearly eight hundred years ago by an unnamed poet, the&nbsp;<i>Nibelungenlied</i>&nbsp;is the principal literary expression of those heroic legends of which Richard Wagner made such free use in&nbsp;<i>The Ring</i>. A. T. Hatto's translation transforms an old text into a story as readable and exciting as Homer's&nbsp;<i>Iliad</i>.<br><br>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700&nbsp;titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the&nbsp;series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date&nbsp;translations by award-winning translators.