Here, William Goldman's beloved tale of Buttercup, Westley, and their fellow adventurers finally receives a beautifully illustrated adaptation. A fairy tale of true love and great adventure, featuring pirates, princesses, giants, wonders, fencing, and a terrifying array of wild beasts, The Princess Bride is a modern storytelling classic. As Florin and Guilder teeter on the brink of war, the reluctant Princess Buttercup is heartbroken over the loss of her true love, who is kidnapped by a mercenary and his henchman, rescued by a pirate, forced to marry Prince Humperdinck, and ultimately saved again by the crew that originally abducted her. Throughout this colorful adventure, she will encounter Vizzini, the criminal philosopher who would do anything for a bag of gold; Fezzik, the gentle giant; Inigo, the Spaniard whose thirst for revenge is as strong as steel; and Count Rugen, the evil mastermind behind it all. Westley, Princess Buttercup's true love and a very good friend of a very dangerous pirate, disrupts all their plans and leaps into their stories.