Malory: The Knight Who Became King Arthur's Chronicler

Title: Malory: The Knight Who Became King Arthur's Chronicler Author: Christina Hardyment ISBN: 9780066209814 Publisher: Harper Published: 2006 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good G 1625799 Publisher Description: Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur (1469) is one of the most renown books in the world. Virtually all modern versions of the Arthurian legends are derived from its energetic, memorably phrased and remarkably individual telling of the stirring exploits of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Yet the identity of the fifteenth-century knight who wrote it has remained an enigma for centuries. The existing records of his life imply that he was a criminal—accused of rape, ambush, rustling and attacks on abbeys—and in prison for most of his life. Using evidence from new historical research and deductions from the only known manuscript copy of Mal