Of all the legends of Western civilisation, perhaps the glorious adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are the best known. The Quest for the Holy Grail, and the undying illicit love between Sir Launcelot and Queen Guenever, have provided inspiration for storytellers and poets down the ages, and sparked so many films and books of our own time. 15th-century knight Sir Thomas Malory penned the book with relish, packing his story with tales of heroism, treachery and revenge, noble suitors, beautiful princesses, dragons, sorcerers, giants and bloody deeds of derring-do on and off the jousting field.
'Le Morte d’Arthur' tells the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The tale begins with Arthur’s birth, his education, and his rise to the throne. It also recounts the tragic love story of Sir Lancelot and Guinevere, the destruction of the Round Table and Arthur’s mysterious disappearance or death.
Le Morte D'Arthur Audiobook is Sir Thomas Malory's richly evocative and enthralling version of the Arthurian legend. Recounting Arthur's birth, his ascendancy to the throne after claiming Excalibur, his ill-fated marriage to Guinevere, the treachery of Morgan Le Fay and the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table, it magically weaves together adventure, battle, love and enchantment. Le Morte D'Arthur looks back to an idealized Medieval world and is full of wistful, elegiac regret for a vanished age of chivalry. Edited and published by William Caxton in 1485, Malory's prose romance drew on French and English verse sources to give an epic unity to the Arthur myth, and remains the most magnificent re-telling of the story in English
Malory took Celtic legends, which had gone into French literature by way of Brittany, gave the tales an English perspective, and produced a work which ever since has had tremendous influence upon literature. Commencing with Arthur's beginnings, it follows Arthur's claim to the throne, his rule of Britain, and the war that followed, with romances intertwined. Galahad's appearance at Camelot begins the quest for the Holy Grail.
Malory took Celtic legends, which had gone into French literature by way of Brittany, gave the tales an English perspective, and produced a work which ever since has had tremendous influence upon literature. Commencing with Arthur's beginnings, it follows Arthur's claim to the throne, his rule of Britain, and the war that followed, with romances intertwined. Galahad's appearance at Camelot begins the quest for the Holy Grail.
THe legendary Tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is a superb story of adventure, love , honor, and betrayal. Published in 1485, Le Morte d'Arthur is filled iwth dramatic power and deep, tragic irony. This audio adaptation of Malory's epic poem grips the listener with the fateful story of Arthur's ascension to the throne as a boy, his marriage to Guenevere, the formation of the Knights of the Round Table, the quest for the holy grail, the ill-fated passion between Guenevere and Lancelot, the treachery of Arthur's illegitimate son Mordred, and the ultimate destruction of Arthur's realm.
The glorious but tragic story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is one of the great legends of Western civilization. Storytellers and poets down the centuries have turned repeatedly to the universal themes of the Quest of the Holy Grail and the love between Sir Launcelot and Queen Guenever. Yet the first printed account, written by the fifteenth-century knight Sir Thomas Malory, remains unmatched. In words which speak directly to us today as they did to his own period, he brings to life a rich tale of heroism and ideals undermined by the poignancy of human emotions.
You know the story: King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table set off on a courageous quest to find the Holy Grail. But you probably don't know Sir Thomas Mallory's original 13th-century version of this classic. A knight himself, Malory brought his fascinating knowledge of medieval warfare and chivalry to The Holy Grail, which has since become one of the most famous tales in the history of English literature.
