Thomas Malory · 1485
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“And there's no romance that illustrates this better than the greatest of all the romances, which is Mallory's Mort Dartha.”
Why: It is described as the greatest of all the romances, offering a moving and tragic depiction of chivalry and human flaws.
Tom Holland, Host on The Rest Is HistoryKing Arthur: Lancelot and the Round Table (Part 2)
“comes at the end of the Mort d'Arthur, the great prose epic that was written by Sir Thomas Mallory during the Wars of the Roses.”
Why: It fixes for the English-speaking world the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Dominic Sandbrook, Host on The Rest Is HistoryKing Arthur: The Once & Future King (Part 1)
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