Tristram had left Cornwall several times before, but this was the first time he brought the lovely Isoud out with him. At last, there was no longer a reason for him to ever return. This was a game-changer. Obviously everything … Continue reading →
New story! New story! Gather round, and let me tell you all about Sir Galahalt, who should not be confused with Sir Galahad. Galahalt was prince of the country of Surluse, one of Arthur’s vassal states. He might have been … Continue reading →
Malory reveals that King Mark has a younger brother, Prince Boudwin, whom he’s neglected to mention up to this point. Boudwin existed, Malory insists. He just hadn’t been involved in literally any of the Cornish events of the last three … Continue reading →
New story, I guess: the story of Elias’s siege of Tintagil. It happened contemporaneous with Launcelot grimly reading Mark’s note and Dinadan coming up with the novelty song idea. Once upon a time (while Launcelot quaked with fury) Tristram left … Continue reading →
We open with King Arthur and his prisoner-guest, King Mark, relaxing one fine day in Camelot. Birds sing. Relative humidity is low. Flowers blossom. “So Mark,” said Arthur, sipping lemonade. “Yes, sire?” “I’d like a gift from you.” Arthur took … Continue reading →
The tale opens with Dinadan and Palomides right where we left them at the end of the last tale. Neither of the two recognized the other, even though they’d spent a big chunk of Book IX in prison together. They … Continue reading →
Mark, as you hopefully recall, was the king of Cornwall. Malory implied he was Arthur’s vassal at one point in Book VIII, but in this story we get a sense that he’s neither Arthur’s vassal nor Arthur’s enemy. As this … Continue reading →
We open with Tristram hot on the trail of the mysterious Fair Knight! He came across a lady weeping over a dead knight, because either Malory forgot he used this exact tableau in the previous story, describing Palomides’s encounter with … Continue reading →
This tale may have been written while Malory was in the throes of a stroke, or possibly two pages were stuck together and his editor missed it, or something, because not only does it make no sense in the familiar … Continue reading →
Malory wants to tell us a little bit about Sir Dinas. It hadn’t come up before and it wouldn’t come up again, but Sir Dinas had a little bit of backstory. Once upon a time, says Malory, Sir Dinas had … Continue reading →
