Facts about Le Morte d'Arthur
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Bedivere, Gawain, and Lancelot appear among the twenty-five named Knights of the Round Table in Malory's version of Arthurian legend.
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In modern literature, Le Morte d'Arthur profoundly influenced T.H. White's The Once and Future King and Tennyson's Idylls of the King.
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A Winchester Manuscript of Le Morte d'Arthur, predating Caxton's printed edition, was discovered at Winchester College in 1934.
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Malory wrote Le Morte d'Arthur while imprisoned, with manuscript evidence suggesting he completed it around 1469–1470.
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The work compiles Arthurian legend into a unified prose narrative covering characters including King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table.
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Written by Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur was one of the first books printed in England, published by William Caxton in 1485.