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.From the Trade Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Le Morte d'Arthur
titlecomplete: Le Morte d'Arthur (Modern Library)
characters: King Uther Pendragon, Sir Balan, Vivien, Sir Kay, Sir Gawain, Merlin (Arthurian wizard), Sir Bedivere, Queen Guinevere, Duke Gorlois, Sir Mordred, Sir Lancelot, Melwys, Sir Tristram, Igraine, Sir Galahad, King Arthur, Sir Balin, King Lot, Sir Gareth, Sir Lucan de Butler, Morgan le Fay, King Leodegrance, Sir Perceval
genres: Mythology, Historical Fiction, Medieval, Poetry, Literature, Fantasy, Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Arthurian
ratings_count: 37042
places: Britain, Logres
publisher: Modern Library