The novel From Ritual to Romance appeared in 1920 but it is still up-to-date and readers will find many useful and interesting facts and events there. The book was written by Jessie Weston in the twilight of her life when she was 70 years old. The author devoted all her life to studying the Arthurian canon and as a result of this research From Ritual to Romance appeared. The book is not long and it tries to explain the sources of the legend of the Holy Grail. The other elements that at first does not seem to be connected to the legend like The Fisher King, The Wasteland, the Chapel Perilous are seen by the author as the symbols and the binding attributes of the ancient mysterious religions. In many ways she does not agree with the academic researches and also points out on the considerable contradictories among them. It is supposed that T.S. Elliot's The Wasteland relies on the facts of From Ritual to Romance but it has not been proved. What is in fact proved is that the book belongs to one of the most outstanding research works of the 20th century and unfortunately it has not been read and understood by many. It is created in a formal academic style with citations in dozens of various languages which makes the book pretty tough to read but for those who have read and got it From Ritual to Romance opens eyes to many interesting and unknown facts.