Guillaume de Machaut: The Capture of Alexandria

Guillaume de Machaut, a man famous for both his poetry and his musical compositions, wrote his Prise dAlexandrie (or Capture of Alexandria) just a few years after the death of his hero, King Peter I of Cyprus (1359-69). It is a verse history of Peters reign, and was Machauts last major literary work. Peters ancestors had ruled the island of Cyp