Enter Beatrice! Malory calls her “a damosel that was cousin to the Earl of Pace,” but I say she merits a name. Beatrice arrives at Castle Prettyview, which belongs to her cousin Morgan le Fay. Since Morgan is the daughter … Continue reading →
In the nearby castle, Morgan works her lady-magic and stabilizes Alisander. He wakes up partway through and starts screaming about the pain, so she drugs him up some more and finishes the job. “Ma’am, now that we’ve saved Alisander, am … Continue reading →
Morgan and one of her henchdamosels, Trudy, approach the tournament. They interview some of the knights Alisander defeated: Sir Elias from Gomeret and his colleague Sir Cari from Gomeret. Gomeret is “somewhere in France probably,” according to my very breezy … Continue reading →
So it’s been twenty years. Alisander is a full-grown man, ready to be knighted alongside twenty of his contemporaries in Ardunel where he’s been slumming around most of his life. Big knighting ceremony, followed by a big jousting tournament, which … Continue reading →
Malory reveals that King Mark has a younger brother, Prince Boudwin, whom he’s neglected to mention up to this point. Boudwin exists, Malory insists. He just hasn’t been involved in literally any of the Cornish events of the last three … Continue reading →
Okay, listen, it’s been fun going through Book X of Le Morte D’Arthur one chapter at a time, but we’re going to be here all day if we keep at it. So now I’m going to sum up four chapters … Continue reading →
First off, happy birthday to me. Secondly, it turns out, despite the ominous note we ended on last time, we’re not moving directly into Le Morte D’Arthur endgame just yet. I’m on page, like, 386 out of 757. Lots more to go. … Continue reading →
Okay, so, remember back in Chapter 15, how the lovely Isoud sent a pair of maidens to Camelot with letters? Do you? Well, okay, it happened. Malory doesn’t remember it any better than you do, though, because now there’s just … Continue reading →
Malory has kind of lost his narrative thread here, not for the first or last time. He picks up with Mordred and Agravaine, two of Sir Gawaine’s brothers. They’re riding along, on their adventures, and they come across Sir Dalan, … Continue reading →
So once upon a time Sir Gawaine arranged for Sir Lamorak to die. His plan is fiendishly simple, subtle, basically it involves ambushing Lamorak with a sword. Let me walk you through it. First, Gawaine arranges for his mother to … Continue reading →
