Malory

<p>Virtually all modern versions of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are derived from a single book: Sir Thomas Malory's <em>Morte d'Arthur</em> (1469) one of the world's most renowned literary works. Yet the author a fifteenth-century knight has remained an enigma for centuries. Existing historical records imply that Malory was a criminal--accused of rape ambush rustling and attacks on abbeys--and was imprisoned for most of his life.</p><p>Using evidence from new historical research and deductions from the only known manuscript copy of Malory's celebrated work Christina Hardyment brilliantly resolves the contradictions about an extraordinary man and a life marked equally by great achievement and devastating disgrace. <em>Malory</em> is the fascinating chronicle of a loyal soldier enmeshed in the tangled politics of the Wars of the Roses. It is the story of a connoisseur of literature and exemplary writer who created a masterpiece meant to inspire princes and knights to high endeavors and noble acts. </p>