King Arthur's Death
(the Alliterative Morte Arthure)
Translated and Illustrated by
Michael Smith
King Arthur's Death (or the Alliterative Morte Arthure), is a fourteenth century masterpiece second only to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, with astonishing pace, action and flow. The book is richly illustrated with over 30 linocuts.
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Background
For an insight into the background for my translation and illustration of this magnificent poem, please see this article from Writing.ie.
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"Michel Smith has managed to produce a version that maintains the power and magic of the original, while investing it with a thoroughly modern and viscerally affecting sensibility."
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(Shiny New Books - read the full review here)
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Summary of Contents:
Historical Introduction
A Summary of the Poem
A Note on the Translation
The translation of the Alliterative Morte Arthure
Notes
Glossary
Some Further Reading
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About the publisher
Unbound is a crowdfunding publisher, with authors including the BBC presenter Jonathan Meades, the film director Mike Hodges (Get Carter, Flash Gordon) and the Sunday Times best-selling author, Tom Cox, amongst many others.
Coming Soon!
William and the Werewolf
Also by Michael Smith is William and the Werewolf - a new translation of the fourteenth century adventure romance, William of Palerne, first translated into English for Humphrey de Bohun in the 1350s. For more information, click here