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Thomas Malory

Born

in Warwickshire, England

October 12, 1415

Died

January 01, 1471

Genre

Classics, Historical Fiction, Chivalric Romance

Influences

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From French sources, Sir Thomas Malory, English writer in floruit in 1470, adapted Le Morte d'Arthur , a collection of romances, which William Caxton published in 1485.

From original tales such as the Vulgate Cycle , Sir Thomas Malory, an imprisoned knight in the fifteenth century, meanwhile compiled and translated the tales, which we know as the legend of king.

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	Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table 3.91 avg rating — 40,073 ratings — published 1485 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Tales by Thomas Malory, Eugène Vinaver (Editor) 4.02 avg rating — 26,226 ratings — published 1860 — 367 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le morte d'Arthur: Volume II by Thomas Malory, Janet Cowen (Editor), John Lawlor (Introduction) 4.08 avg rating — 5,229 ratings — published 1485	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I by Thomas Malory, Alfred W. Pollard (Bibliographer), John Lawlor (Introduction), William Caxton (Editor), Janet Cowen (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 4,370 ratings — published 1485 — 319 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malory: Complete Works by Thomas Malory, Eugène Vinaver (Editor) 4.16 avg rating — 736 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King Arthur Collection by Thomas Malory, Alfred Tennyson, Maude Radford Warren 4.16 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Thomas Malory, Alfred W. Pollard, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1917 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of King Arthur by Thomas Malory, Michael Senior (adapted by) 3.99 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of King Arthur by Thomas Malory, Janet Cowen (Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malory: The Morte Darthur: Parts Seven and Eight by Thomas Malory, Derek S. Brewer (Editor/Introduction/Notes) 3.72 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1968 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady.”
― Thomas Malory

tags: arthurian, chivalry, iseult

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“Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross.”
― Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur

tags: arthurian, england, hope, immortality, king-arthur, matter-of-britain, resurrection

51 likes

“We shall now seek that which we shall not find.”
― Thomas Malory

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January 2025 Old School Classics Poll

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, 1596, 103 pp

78 votes, 40.0%

The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation translated by Simon Armitage, or Le Morte DArthur (The Death of Arthur): All Volumes by Thomas Malory, 1380, 304 pp

38 votes, 19.5%

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg, 1824, 272 pp

27 votes, 13.8%

The Persian Expedition by Xenophon, -401, 375 pp

21 votes, 10.8%

Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson, 1885 384 pp

17 votes, 8.7%

The Card by Arnold Bennett, 1911, 224 pp

14 votes, 7.2%

195 total votes

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