Le Morte d'Arthur ("the death of Arthur") is a collection of Arthurian tales attributed to Sir Thomas Malory and first published in 1485. There is some debate over which "Sir Thomas Malory" wrote the work, but the best evidence suggests that it was a career criminal who spent a great deal of his life in prison-which creates a remarkable contrast to the ideals of honor which make up much of the work. The legend of King Arthur, and indeed many of the stories collected in the work, had been around long before the publication of this book, but their collection here became one of the best-known sources of Arthurian legend for subsequent generations. Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court, John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, and many other works draw from Le Morte d'Arthur for their material.

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