Tristan befriends Hoel's son, and is married to Hoel's daughter, Iseult of the White Hands. After various conflicts, Tristan is banished from Cornwall, and travels to, entering the service of King of Brittany.

They eventually end up having a clandestine relationship, and are caught by King Mark. She and Tristan both seek to behave honorably by maintaining a distance between themselves. Sutcliff herself states that she intentionally left out the love as something 'artificial'.Upon returning to Cornwall, Iseult is wedded to King Mark. Tristan and Iseult are stranded on a distant shore for a few days, delaying their return to Cornwall, and cementing their own love for each other, despite the commitments of circumstances.

These events are shown in light of bringing peace to an ongoing war between the two kingdoms. Tristan defeats a, is once again healed by Iseult, and though given her hand in marriage as reward, promises to bring her back to Cornwall as bride for his Uncle. Tristan is sent on a quest to find a bride for the king, and winds up once again in Ireland. He lands on the shores of Ireland, and his healed by the skills of, although without actually meeting her.Upon returning to Cornwall, he is involved in a move to have King Mark marry. Having been wounded by the poisoned blade of Morholt, Tristan wastes away, eventually being set adrift in a boat by his own choice. After defeating the Irish champion Morholt, Tristan's identity is revealed, and his position as Champion of Cornwall solidified. Tristan's mother is shown as dying in his childbirth, and his name as being from the root word trista, reflecting the sadness of Rivalin at the loss of his wife.He journeys to the in effort to prove himself, and enters the service of King Mark without revealing his identity. Sutcliff tells the story again in an almost identical manner, albeit greatly shortened, in a chapter of her later Arthurian novel (1981).Plot summary Tristan is depicted as a prince of, whose father, King Rivalin married the sister of, making Tristan the nephew of King Mark. A re-telling of, it received the Boston-Globe Horn Book Award in 1972, and was runner-up for the 1972.It is set primarily in, and is Sutcliff's retelling of the legend. Publication date1971Media typePrint Tristan and Iseult is a children's novel by and was first published in 1971.

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