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VirtuallyallmodernversionsofthelegendofKingArthurandhisKnightsoftheRoundTablearederivedfromasinglebook:SirThomasMalory'sMorted'Arthur(1469),oneoftheworld'smostrenownedliteraryworks.Yettheauthor,afifteenth-centuryknight,hasremainedanenigmaforcenturies.ExistinghistoricalrecordsimplythatMalorywasacriminal—accusedofrape,ambush,rustling,andattacksonabbeys—andwasimprisonedformostofhislife.UsingevidencefromnewhistoricalresearchanddeductionsfromtheonlyknownmanuscriptcopyofMalory'scelebratedwork,ChristinaHardymentbrilliantlyresolvesthecontradictionsaboutan...
作者简介
CharlesToddCharlesToddistheauthorofnineIanRutledgemysteries—APaleHorse,AFalseMirror,ALongShadow,AColdTreachery,AFearsomeDoubt,WatchersofTime,LegacyoftheDead,SearchtheDark,WingsofFire,andATestofWills—andonestand-alonenovel.Theyareamother-and-sonwritingteamandliveinDelawareandNorthCarolina,respectively.