Books with title Le Morte D'Arthur, 1485

For over 1,000 years, tales of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have enthralled people, among them Henry VIII and T.E. Lawrence. Proof of the Arthurian legend's timeless appeal is the fact that scarcely a year goes by without a new adaptation. Published in 1485, Sir Thomas Malory's epic poem Le Morte d'Arthur became the standard source for future Arthurian works such as Idylls of the King by Lord Tennyson and T.H. White's The Once and Future King. With its expressive, vigorous dialogue, Le Morte d'Arthur resounds with colloquial liveliness and ceremonious dignity, the style for a 15th-century gentleman. This audio recording grips the listener with the fascinating, fateful story of Arthur's ascension to the throne as a boy, his marriage to Guenevere, the formation of the Round Table Knights, the quest for the Holy Grail, the ill-fated passion between Lancelot and Guenevere, the treachery of Arthur's illegitimate son Mordred, and the ultimate destruction of Arthur's realm. A superb story of adventure, love, honor, and betrayal, Le Morte d'Arthur is filled with dramatic power and deep, tragic irony.

THE Morte D'Arthur was finished; as the epilogue tells us; in the ninth year of Edward IV.; i.e. between March 4; 1469 and the same date in 1470. It is thus; fitly enough; the last important English book written before the introduction of printing into this country; and since no manuscript of it has come down to us it is also the first English classic for our knowledge of which we are entirely dependent on a printed text. Caxton's story of how the book was brought to him and he was induced to print it may be read farther on in his own preface. From this we learn also that he was not only the printer of the book; but to some extent its editor also; dividing Malory's work into twenty-one books; splitting up the books into chapters; by no means skilfully; and supplying the "Rubrish" or chapter-headings. It may be added that Caxton's preface contains; moreover; a brief criticism which; on the points on which it touches; is still the soundest and most sympathetic that has been written.

THE Morte D'Arthur was finished; as the epilogue tells us; in the ninth year of Edward IV.; i.e. between March 4; 1469 and the same date in 1470. It is thus; fitly enough; the last important English book written before the introduction of printing into this country; and since no manuscript of it has come down to us it is also the first English classic for our knowledge of which we are entirely dependent on a printed text. Caxton's story of how the book was brought to him and he was induced to print it may be read farther on in his own preface. From this we learn also that he was not only the printer of the book; but to some extent its editor also; dividing Malory's work into twenty-one books; splitting up the books into chapters; by no means skilfully; and supplying the "Rubrish" or chapter-headings. It may be added that Caxton's preface contains; moreover; a brief criticism which; on the points on which it touches; is still the soundest and most sympathetic that has been written.

THE Morte D'Arthur was finished; as the epilogue tells us; in the ninth year of Edward IV.; i.e. between March 4; 1469 and the same date in 1470. It is thus; fitly enough; the last important English book written before the introduction of printing into this country; and since no manuscript of it has come down to us it is also the first English classic for our knowledge of which we are entirely dependent on a printed text. Caxton's story of how the book was brought to him and he was induced to print it may be read farther on in his own preface. From this we learn also that he was not only the printer of the book; but to some extent its editor also; dividing Malory's work into twenty-one books; splitting up the books into chapters; by no means skilfully; and supplying the "Rubrish" or chapter-headings. It may be added that Caxton's preface contains; moreover; a brief criticism which; on the points on which it touches; is still the soundest and most sympathetic that has been written.

THE Morte D'Arthur was finished; as the epilogue tells us; in the ninth year of Edward IV.; i.e. between March 4; 1469 and the same date in 1470. It is thus; fitly enough; the last important English book written before the introduction of printing into this country; and since no manuscript of it has come down to us it is also the first English classic for our knowledge of which we are entirely dependent on a printed text. Caxton's story of how the book was brought to him and he was induced to print it may be read farther on in his own preface. From this we learn also that he was not only the printer of the book; but to some extent its editor also; dividing Malory's work into twenty-one books; splitting up the books into chapters; by no means skilfully; and supplying the "Rubrish" or chapter-headings. It may be added that Caxton's preface contains; moreover; a brief criticism which; on the points on which it touches; is still the soundest and most sympathetic that has been written.

THE Morte D'Arthur was finished; as the epilogue tells us; in the ninth year of Edward IV.; i.e. between March 4; 1469 and the same date in 1470. It is thus; fitly enough; the last important English book written before the introduction of printing into this country; and since no manuscript of it has come down to us it is also the first English classic for our knowledge of which we are entirely dependent on a printed text. Caxton's story of how the book was brought to him and he was induced to print it may be read farther on in his own preface. From this we learn also that he was not only the printer of the book; but to some extent its editor also; dividing Malory's work into twenty-one books; splitting up the books into chapters; by no means skilfully; and supplying the "Rubrish" or chapter-headings. It may be added that Caxton's preface contains; moreover; a brief criticism which; on the points on which it touches; is still the soundest and most sympathetic that has been written.

THE Morte D'Arthur was finished; as the epilogue tells us; in the ninth year of Edward IV.; i.e. between March 4; 1469 and the same date in 1470. It is thus; fitly enough; the last important English book written before the introduction of printing into this country; and since no manuscript of it has come down to us it is also the first English classic for our knowledge of which we are entirely dependent on a printed text. Caxton's story of how the book was brought to him and he was induced to print it may be read farther on in his own preface. From this we learn also that he was not only the printer of the book; but to some extent its editor also; dividing Malory's work into twenty-one books; splitting up the books into chapters; by no means skilfully; and supplying the "Rubrish" or chapter-headings. It may be added that Caxton's preface contains; moreover; a brief criticism which; on the points on which it touches; is still the soundest and most sympathetic that has been written.

THE Morte D'Arthur was finished; as the epilogue tells us; in the ninth year of Edward IV.; i.e. between March 4; 1469 and the same date in 1470. It is thus; fitly enough; the last important English book written before the introduction of printing into this country; and since no manuscript of it has come down to us it is also the first English classic for our knowledge of which we are entirely dependent on a printed text. Caxton's story of how the book was brought to him and he was induced to print it may be read farther on in his own preface. From this we learn also that he was not only the printer of the book; but to some extent its editor also; dividing Malory's work into twenty-one books; splitting up the books into chapters; by no means skilfully; and supplying the "Rubrish" or chapter-headings. It may be added that Caxton's preface contains; moreover; a brief criticism which; on the points on which it touches; is still the soundest and most sympathetic that has been written.

THE Morte D'Arthur was finished; as the epilogue tells us; in the ninth year of Edward IV.; i.e. between March 4; 1469 and the same date in 1470. It is thus; fitly enough; the last important English book written before the introduction of printing into this country; and since no manuscript of it has come down to us it is also the first English classic for our knowledge of which we are entirely dependent on a printed text. Caxton's story of how the book was brought to him and he was induced to print it may be read farther on in his own preface. From this we learn also that he was not only the printer of the book; but to some extent its editor also; dividing Malory's work into twenty-one books; splitting up the books into chapters; by no means skilfully; and supplying the "Rubrish" or chapter-headings. It may be added that Caxton's preface contains; moreover; a brief criticism which; on the points on which it touches; is still the soundest and most sympathetic that has been written.

THE Morte D'Arthur was finished; as the epilogue tells us; in the ninth year of Edward IV.; i.e. between March 4; 1469 and the same date in 1470. It is thus; fitly enough; the last important English book written before the introduction of printing into this country; and since no manuscript of it has come down to us it is also the first English classic for our knowledge of which we are entirely dependent on a printed text. Caxton's story of how the book was brought to him and he was induced to print it may be read farther on in his own preface. From this we learn also that he was not only the printer of the book; but to some extent its editor also; dividing Malory's work into twenty-one books; splitting up the books into chapters; by no means skilfully; and supplying the "Rubrish" or chapter-headings. It may be added that Caxton's preface contains; moreover; a brief criticism which; on the points on which it touches; is still the soundest and most sympathetic that has been written.