Book IX: not my favorite book by a long shot. I would go so far as to say this book of Le Morte D’Arthur was just sitting on my head and crushing it. It starts out pretty well, with the … Continue reading →
On his way to Hard Rock Castle, Tristram lodges at a manor where Sir Ector-the-Lesser and his lady-friend had stayed the night before, purely out of chance. At dinner, the host remarks that Ector’s girlfriend eagerly talked up her boyfriend’s … Continue reading →
Morgan lets Tristram leave. Afterwards, her paramour, Sir Hemison, mounts up in full arms and armor. “Where are you going, all dressed up?” she asks him. “Going to catch up to Tristram and joust him. I didn’t like the way … Continue reading →
“So tell you what, you tell me your name and I’ll let you go, Queen’s honor.” Morgan extends her hand, and she and Tristram shake on it. “All right then, I may as well tell you I’m Sir Tristram of … Continue reading →
Sir Dinadan’s strange adventure turns out to be pretty brief, and also to require a trigger warning perhaps, inasmuch as he meets a damosel who mak[es] great dole. Long story short, she tells Dinadan how Pitiless Bruce murdered her brother … Continue reading →
Enter a damosel! Let’s call her Muriel. “Knights,” she says, “I’ve just come from Sir Darras’s court, upstairs. He says he’s not going to execute you!” I guess this is because Malory didn’t want to freak us all out with … Continue reading →
Chapter 40 starts off with Malory jumping around in a sort-of recap. First he reminds us of Sir Dinas, last seen at the end of the previous chapter! Sir Dinas has this little bit of backstory that Malory hasn’t bothered … Continue reading →
King Mark sneaks out of his own castle like a criminal, because he doesn’t want anybody to see him ride off into the woods to ambush and murder Kay. He brings along only his most trusted men, including Sir … Continue reading →
King Mark sneaks out of his own castle like a criminal, because he doesn’t want anybody to see him ride off into the woods to ambush and murder Kay. He brings along only his most trusted men, including Sir … Continue reading →
Who was wroth but King Mark! asks Malory, but it’s a rhetorical question. King Mark is wroth, I tell you what. “I can’t believe this! I just don’t have any suitable knights! My court sucks!” Gaheris is pretty drunk, but … Continue reading →
