Le Morte d'Arthur

In this short summary of King Arthur's life, the Le Morte d'Arthur first explains how the mythological stories may had melded with the real version of King Arthur's tale; showing some of the differences between his stories. Then the story starts with King Arthur being born and his father, the king, dies a couple of years later, leaving the throne for his son. Arthur was hidden away to not bring harm upon him, he was trained both in fighting, jousting, but also in lessons from Merlin. The story continues until the great king triumphs over many battles, but many years later he is fatally wounded in a battle again Sir Mordred. He orders that his sword, Excalibur be thrown into the sea, and Arthur was put onto a boat to try and get healed but it was to late. Arthur died and was buried on the beach.