author through most of the 20th Century, despite the criminal history of that candidate in his later life. In addition to White's treatment, many other modern versions of the Arthurian legend have their roots in Malory, including John Boorman's film Excalibur (1981). The discovery of Malory's book and its acquisition by William Caxton form key elements in The Load of Unicorn (1959), a novel for children by Cynthia Harnett. Notes References Cooper, Helen, Le Morte Darthur: The Winchester Manuscript (OUP 1998) Malory, Thomas, Cowen, Janet & Lawlor, John. Le Morte D'Arthur. Volume II. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1969.googlebooks Retrieved 2 December 2007 Vinaver, Eugène, "Sir Thomas Malory" in Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages, Loomis, Roger S. (ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. Field, P. J. C., The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Malory, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1993. ——— "Malory, Sir Thomas (1415x18–1471)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 [1 Jan 2013] (requires login) Smith, Sheila V. Mallory, A History of the Mallory Family, Phillimore, 1985, Hardyment, Christina, Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler, Harper Collins, 2005, Riddy, Felicity. Sir Thomas Malory. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1987. Print. Whitteridge, Gweneth. "The Identity of Sir Thomas Malory, Knight-Prisoner". The Review of English Studies; 24.95 (1973): 257–265. JSTOR. Web. 30 November 2009. Malory, Thomas & Matthews, John. Le Morte d'Arthur. London: Cassell & Co, 2000. Matthews, William. The Ill-Framed Knight: A skeptical inquiry into the identity of Sir Thomas Malory, University of California Press, 1966 archive.org External links Arthuriana: The Journal of Arthurian Studies Le Morte d'Arthur (Caxton edition, in Middle English) at the University of Michigan Le Morte d'Arthur, from eBooks@Adelaide 1405 births 1471 deaths 15th-century English writers 15th-century English novelists English criminals Holy Grail English MPs 1442 People from Warwickshire Inmates of the Marshalsea Writers of Arthurian literature English male novelists Members of Parliament for Great Bedwyn English MPs November 1449