Le Morte D'Arthur -Vol. 1-

<p><strong><em>Le Morte D'Arthur -Vol. 1-</em> presents the opening half of Sir Thomas Malory's great English prose telling of King Arthur Merlin the Knights of the Round Table and the rise of Camelot.</strong> Drawing together French and English Arthurian traditions Malory begins with Arthur's birth the sword in the stone the establishment of his kingship the making of the Round Table and the early adventures that define the chivalric world of the Arthurian legend.</p><p>First printed by William Caxton in 1485 <em>Le Morte D'Arthur</em> stands at the crossing point of medieval romance chivalric adventure tragic legend and English literary history. In this first volume the world of Camelot is still being formed: knights test their honour in combat quests reveal both courage and pride Merlin's counsel shapes the kingdom and the ideals of fellowship loyalty courtly love and spiritual aspiration begin to gather force. Yet even in the splendour of Arthur's court Malory's story carries the seeds of future conflict betrayal and loss.</p><p>For readers of classic literature Arthurian legend medieval romance chivalric adventure and the foundations of English prose fiction <em>Le Morte D'Arthur -Vol. 1-</em> offers the beginning of one of the essential works of the Western literary tradition: archaic heroic violent devout and central to the long literary life of King Arthur.</p>