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Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory edited by John Matthews and illustrated by Anna-Marie Ferguson $45 - hardcover |
This a great
English fourteenth-century classic and source book of the Arthurian
legend cycle, which is reset in modern type and fully illustrated in a
single-volume edition and for the first time as a top quality
specification paperback. The paramount source of all stories about King
Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, of Merlin, Camelot and the
Holy Grail. "Le Morte D'Arthur" was first written in 1175 by Sir Thomas
Malory, a Norman scholar about whom very little is known. This revised
edition is not only highly illustrated, but confronts and corrects the
somewhat confusing editorial changes made by the first publisher of the
book in 1485. Notes: Many experts agree that Thomas Malory was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revell, Warwickshire who was knighted in 1442 and served in the Parliament of 1445. He committed a series of crimes, including poaching, extortion, robbery, and murder. In 1451, he went to prison where he probably did most of his writing. The original book was called The Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights of the Round Table that was made up of 8 romances, more or less separate. William Caxton printed the work in 1485 and gave it the title of Morte d'Arthur. Allegedly, the stories were based on an assortment of French prose romances. |