The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend - Hardcover

I thought Peter Ackroyd's Morte d'A was masterful. The quality I admired most was the absolute clarity of the storytelling. This story - or set of stories - has to move with both swiftness and dignity, and yoking those two qualities together is not an easy task; but Ackroyd does it with ease. I think he can probably do anything. I admire this version enormously. (Phillip Pullman)

Peter Ackroyd's lightly trimmed and streamlines Le Morte d'Arthur makes it eminently readable (Sunday Times)

'In this ingenious decanting of an old wine into a new bottle, [Peter Ackroyd] he has taken a glorious part of our cultural heritage and made it more accessible to the readers of the 21st century. ' (David Robson Sunday Telegraph)

...the majesty of Malory's book survives too, not least in the final chapters telling of the internal conflicts that destroy the Round Table, the passion of Lancelot and Guinevere, and the destiny that Arthur has had coming to him for a long time: death in battle. This, as retold by Peter Ackroyd, remains a bizarre but thrilling piece of writing. (Michael Caines Wall Street Journal)