3792905 Esclarmonde by Lessieux, Ernest Louis (1848-1925); (add.info.: Esclarmonde is heroine of 13th century French epic (chanson de geste) which tells story of Huon of Bordeaux, a knight who, after unwittingly killing Charlot, the son of Emperor Charlemagne, is given a reprieve from death on condition that he fulfill a number of seemingly impossible tasks: he must travel to the court of the Amir in Babylon and return with a handful of the amir\'s hair and teeth, kill the Amir\'s mightiest knight, and three times kiss the Amir\'s daughter, Esclarmonde. Also opera by Massenet. Illustration by Ernest Louis Lessieux (1848 - 1925)); Lebrecht History.