{"product_id":"2026200016168-secondhand-the-death-of-king-arthur","title":"The Death Of King Arthur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew legends have endured with the power and pathos of the Arthurian cycle, and The Death of King Arthur — the anonymous 13th-century Old French prose work known as La Mort le Roi Artu — presents its shattering conclusion with all the grandeur of a tragic epic. This landmark of medieval literature chronicles the unravelling of Camelot: the catastrophic exposure of Lancelot and Guinevere's adulterous love, the bitter scheming of Mordred, and the final, catastrophic battle that brings the age of chivalry to a blood-soaked close. Written with a stark, inexorable narrative drive, it captures both the intimacy of human betrayal and the sweeping downfall of an entire civilisation.\n\nAs one of the foundational texts of the Western literary tradition, this work stands as a masterclass in tragic storytelling, weaving together themes of loyalty, treachery, forbidden desire, and the fatal tension between personal honour and political duty. The Penguin Classics edition makes this rarely encountered masterpiece accessible to the modern reader, accompanied by scholarly apparatus that illuminates its historical and cultural context. For anyone who has ever been captivated by the dream of Camelot, this is the devastating answer to what became of it — and the question it leaves behind is whether such an age of greatness was ever truly destined to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342776148187,"sku":"2026200016168-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8908ebdc-3450-4a41-a9f1-f4862fd71550.png?v=1790049193","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016168-secondhand-the-death-of-king-arthur","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}