from JBD1

A simplified retelling of Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, which I think doesn't quite work all that well. While Ackroyd cuts quite a bit, the reworking doesn't really improve the narrative, and the modern terminology &c. inserted into the text makes it perhaps more readable but also just, I do...

from kewing

Light, breezy, modern re-telling of Malory's classic. Le Morte d'Arthur. Not what I would expect from Ackroyd--unlike everything else of his I've read, this is closer to a book for adolescents.

from knsievert

This was a fun way to revisit Le Morte de Arthur, but I don't think I would've enjoyed it was I not familiar with the original.

from arjacobson

The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend by Thomas Malory; adapted by Peter Ackroyd (New York: Viking Adult, 2011. 336 pp) Originally Posted at wherepenmeetspaper.blogspot.com Peter Ackroyd, CBE, is a British biographer and novelist. His biographies include those of Charles Dickens, T.S. Eli...

from everfresh1

It was so boring. It is simplified retelling of original writing so I can't blame the author for that.