'Consistently fascinating ... part historical detective story, part chivalric romance in its own right' SUNDAT TELEGRAPH

The only known records of the author of the Morte Dartbur, one of the world's most famous books, imply that he was a criminal, accused of rape, ambush, rustling and attacks on abbeys, and in prison for much of his life. But using evidence from new historical research and deductions from the only known manuscript copy of Malory's masterpiece, Christina Hardyment tells the story of a man whose life was as marked by great achievement as it was by deep disgrace, resolving these contradictions into a thrillingly exciting portrait of his life and times.

'Hardyment's passion for her subject is palpable ... a persuasive attempt to rehabilitate a tarnished icon' DAILY TELEGRAPH

'Christina Hardyment has done the memory of earnest, erring, passionate Sir Thomas Malory a huge service" INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAT

'Excellent' THE TIMES