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There is so much more to this book than has been depicted in films and adaptations: much more than a King named Arthur, a Round Table, and a certain Sir Lancelot after Arthur’s wife. The adaptations have been much embellished, but Thomas Malory’s adventures had a nostalgic setting and a feeling of chivalry and honour that cannot be replicated. King Arthur and Camelot are the beginning – a canvas for a series of clashes between heroic knights, to prove themselves to damsels, wed beautiful princesses, and seek favour from the great King Arthur and his court.

King Arthur himself is not noted upon as much as you would expect. After pulling the sword from the stone he becomes a forgiving figurehead and the centre of goodwill among esteemed knights. Jousting clashes between knights; shields, swords, and helms; were combined with knightly quests of valour to confront rogue knights with force and prove to bitter damsels their worth.