Idylls of the King
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Cover: Sir Galahad (1870), oil on canvas by Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1915)
Tennyson's twelve idylls follow King Arthur's Round Table from its founding, through the quests of Gareth, Geraint and Lancelot, to the slow corruption of the court by Guinevere's love and the treason of Modred. The cycle ends in Arthur's last battle and his passing across the water.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.