Contains essays in which the authors analyze the character of King Arthur as he appears in the writings of T. H. White, Sir Thomas Malory, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and others.
A biography of the 15th century knight who collected stories about King Arthur and his knights and rewrote them into a work that was to influence poets and writers throughout the ages.
Combining romance and battle, magic and sorcery, heroics and chivalry, death and daring, the legend of King Arthur is told in prose from the pen of the 15th century author, Sir Thomas Malory.
Draws on historical evidence and the only known manuscript copy of Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte Darthur" to chronicle the life of Malory, focusing on the contradictions between his life as a criminal and his literary achievement.