num_pages: 560
description: Volume II of Le Morte D Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory s powerful and elegaic version of the Arthurian legend, recounts the adventures of Sir Tristram de Liones and the treachery of Sir Mordred, and follows Sir Launcelot s quest for The Holy Grail, his fatally divided loyalties, and his great, forbidden love for the beautiful Queen Guenever. Culminating in an account of Arthur s final battle against the scheming, deceitful Mordred, this is the definitive re-telling of the Arthurian myth, weaving a story of adultery, treachery and ultimately in its tragic finale death. Edited and published by William Caxton in 1485, Malory s moving prose romance looks back to an idealised Medieval age of chivalry, drawing on French and English verse sources to create an epic masterpiece of passion, enchantment, war and betrayal.The text of this edition is based on Caston's original printed, with modernized spelling and punctuation. This volume also contains notes and a glossary.
language: English, Middle (1100-1500)
title: Le morte d'Arthur: Volume II
titlecomplete: Le morte d'Arthur: Volume II
genres: Classics, Fantasy, Arthurian, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Mythology, Fiction, Medieval
ratings_count: 5089
series: Le Morte d'Arthur Volumes
publisher: Penguin Classics