num_pages: 938
description: The legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the greatest works of literature--from Cervantes's Don Quixote to Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although many versions exist, Malory's stands as the classic rendition. Malory wrote the book while in Newgate Prison during the last three years of his life; it was published some fourteen years later, in 1485, by William Caxton. The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries.The stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Queen Guenever, and Tristram and Isolde seem astonishingly moving and modern. Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur endures and inspires because it embodies mankind's deepest yearnings for brotherhood and community, a love worth dying for, and valor, honor, and chivalry.
language: English
title: Le Morte d'Arthur
titlecomplete: Le Morte d'Arthur
characters: Sir Mordred, Sir Kay, Melwys, Sir Galahad, Sir Lancelot, Queen Guinevere, Sir Balan, Sir Tristram, Sir Gareth, Vivien, Sir Perceval, Duke Gorlois, Merlin (Arthurian wizard), Igraine, King Lot, Morgan le Fay, King Arthur, King Leodegrance, King Uther Pendragon, Sir Bedivere, Sir Lucan de Butler, Sir Gawain, Sir Balin
genres: Literature, Arthurian, Classics, Mythology, Adventure, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Fantasy
ratings_count: 37042
places: Britain, Logres
publisher: Modern Library