King Arthur's Last Battle

Nov 29, 2025 5:11 AM

Author:Thomas Malory

He was born to be King. But he would die for his people ...

From the moment he draws the sword Excalibur from a magic stone, King Arthur is hailed as the saviour of England. With his loyal band of brothers, the Knights of the Round Table, he reigns over a golden age of chivalry and enchantment.

But dark forces are stirring in the land. Sir Launcelot's fatal attraction to Arthur's beautiful wife Guenever threatens to divide the realm. And when the scheming Mordred tries to usurp the King, one last epic battle must be fought on English soil ...

Reviews

A literary road movie...veers from hilarious to horrific

—— Daily Mail

Allusive, intelligent, and very funny; comedy in the service of entertainment

—— Scotsman

Memorable and often startlingly beautiful

—— Scotland on Sunday

Unusually for a comic novel, it grips like a thriller and has some page-turningly tense moments... a significant book, as well as an eccentric one

—— Daily Telegraph

A reading experience that evokes contemporary China with absurdist exactitude

—— Financial Times

Some of the best passages are, like this, sensuous and plainly descriptive. There is a fantastic mini-essay on the aphrodisiac qualities of the sea cucumber

—— Toby Litt , Guardian

Well-crafted, often hilarious and surreal

—— Big Issue

An amusing, charming read with a satirical edge

—— Metro

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