{"title":"Thomas Malory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Malory's\u003c\/strong\u003e works transport readers to the legendary world of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. His stories weave together themes of chivalry, honour, and adventure, offering a timeless exploration of medieval myth and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending \u003cem\u003ehistorical fiction\u003c\/em\u003e with rich cultural tapestry, these narratives illuminate the ideals and conflicts of a bygone era. Readers will find a compelling mix of heroism, tragedy, and moral reflection within Malory's classic tales.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"le-morte-darthur-volume-2-by-thomas-malory-9780140430448","title":"Le Morte D'Arthur Volume 2","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited and first published by William Caxton in 1485, \u003cem\u003eLe Morte d'Arthur\u003c\/em\u003e is Sir Thomas Malory's unique and splendid version of the Arthurian legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenever, the quest for the Holy Grail; all the elements are there woven into a wonderful completeness by the magic of his prose style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is not only one of the most readable accounts of the Knights of the Round Table, but also one of the most moving. 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Recounting Arthur's birth, his ascendancy to the throne after claiming Excalibur, his ill-fated marriage to Guenever, the treachery of Morgan le Fay, and the exploits of the Knights of the Round Table, it magically weaves together adventure, battle, love, and enchantment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Morte D'Arthur\u003c\/em\u003e looks back to an idealised Medieval world and is full of wistful, elegiac regret for a vanished age of chivalry. Edited and published by William Caxton in 1485, Malory's prose romance drew on French and English verse sources to give an epic unity to the Arthur myth, and remains the most magnificent re-telling of the story in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46531863183596,"sku":"9780140430431","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780140430431.jpg?v=1749525190"},{"product_id":"le-morte-darthur-by-thomas-malory-9781667211527","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are collected in this illustrated volume.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCentral figures in medieval literature, King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table still inspire many books and films today. Drawing on the legends of Camelot from French and English sources, Sir Thomas Malory compiled the drama of illicit love, the magic of sorcery, and the quest for the Holy Grail into a sordid and chivalrous tale that has been recounted for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful leather-bound volume, which includes intricate line illustrations by renowned artist Aubrey Beardsley, will be a treasured edition of classic Arthurian folklore in any home library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841560203500,"sku":"9781667211527","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16333283482781.jpg?v=1758723570"},{"product_id":"le-morte-darthur-by-thomas-malory-9780393974645","title":"Le Morte Darthur","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text is unabridged, with original spelling and extensive, easy-to-use marginal glosses and footnotes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo other edition accurately represents the actual (and likely authorial) divisions of the text as attested to by its two surviving witnesses—Caxton’s 1485 print and, especially, the famous Winchester Manuscript. The Winchester Manuscript is now generally agreed to be the more authentic of the two earlier texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Norton Critical Edition is the first edition of Malory to recover important elements of this manuscript: paragraphing, marginal annotations, and hierarchies of narrative division, as signaled by size and decorative intricacy of initial capitals and font changes. The Norton Critical Edition also represents, in black-letter font, the striking rubrication of proper names in the Winchester Manuscript, reconstructing for readers something of an authentic medieval reading experience, one which gives visual support to Malory’s extraordinary representation, in character and setting, of a chivalric ideal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo other student edition of Malory contains such extensive contextual and critical support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603011846380,"sku":"9780393974645","price":41.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393974645-le-morte-darthur.jpg?v=1778053087"},{"product_id":"le-morte-darthur-by-thomas-malory-9780199537341","title":"Le Morte Darthur","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe definitive English version of the stories of King Arthur, \u003cem\u003eLe Morte Darthur\u003c\/em\u003e was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, knight-prisoner. In a resonant prose style, Malory charts the tragic disintegration of the fellowship of the Round Table, destroyed from within by warring factions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecounting the life of King Arthur, the knightly exploits of Sir Lancelot du Lake, Sir Tristram, Sir Gawain, and the quest for the Holy Grail, \u003cem\u003eLe Morte Darthur\u003c\/em\u003e depicts the contradictions that underscore the Fellowship's chivalric ideals. A pervading tension culminates in the revelation of Lancelot and Guenivere's illicit passion, and in Arthur's powerlessness to prevent a related outbreak of violence and revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis generously annotated edition is based on the authoritative Winchester manuscript and represents what Malory wrote more closely than the first version printed by William Caxton. 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