Autobiography of thomas malory

1. Biography of Thomas Malory
2. Early Life and Imprisonment
3. Works
4. Style and Language
5. Rediscovery

Biography of Thomas Malory

Thomas Malory was an English author who is best known for his work "Le Morte Darthur", also known as "The Death of Arthur".

He was a prose writer and the author of eight Arthurian romances, which were compiled into a collection that he titled "The Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights of the Round Table". The collection was published in 1485 by William Caxton in a single volume under the title "Le Morte Darthur".

Early Life and Imprisonment

Historians have identified Malory as a knight from Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, who was born in the early 15th century.

For the last twenty years of his life, with few interruptions, he spent his time in prison due to a series of charges. He belonged to an old Warwickshire family and in 1444 or 1445