| | Le Morte D'Arthur |  | Author: Thomas Malory
Creator: Derek Jacobi
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 241680
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 8
Pages: 540
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 156511938X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781565119383
ASIN: 156511938X
Publication Date: January 13, 2005
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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.
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Great reading January 5, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Derek Jacobi is as great a reader as he is an actor (listen, for example, to his readings of the Odyssey, or The Voyage of the Dawn Treader). One hopes that as age diminishes his acting, he will fill his time with many such readings. His rendition of Malory is perfect, and helps the modern listener to appreciate the gems of language embedded within Malory's not always sensible tales. A neglected classic brought to life.
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