The death of Arthur (Illust. O. Berdsley). Malori T.

Thomas Malori’s novel “The Death of Arthur” is one of the most impressive symbols of England, its glorious, noble past. It is impossible to imagine the English (and world too!) Culture without the brave king Arthur, the wise wizard Merlin, the faithful Lancelot of the Lake, the insidious fairy of Morgana, the sad lovers of Tristrama and Isolde... The era of chivalry, which irrevocably sunk into the past, comes to life on the pages of the book, charming readers according to For the whole world for more than five centuries. At the same time, every century evaluates the adventures of knights in his own way, the image of their magical, enchanted world changes, according to modern ideas about the beautiful. So in 1892, the illustrations of Aubrey Berdsley appeared, which brought the artist wide fame. In the paintings born by Berdsley's pen, the elegant world of the decadence era is resurrected, in a strange way combined with ancient legends about the adventures of the knights of the round table.

The present volume includes all the illustrations of Obri Berdsley to the novel "Death of Arthur", their equipment and location were dispersed according to the original publication of 1909.