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Both John Steinbeck and Sidney Lanier used this work as the basis for books for children on the same subject. The preface to this work notes that it is "known through the universal world that there be nine worthy and the best that ever were," namely "three Paynims, three Jews, and three Christian men." W. F. Oakeshott discovered a manuscript of this work, known as the Winchester Manuscript, which is thought to be closer to the original than William Caxton's text. The second book of this work is largely a translation of an alliterative Middle English poem with a similar title. Along with the Mabinogion, it was Tennyson's primary source in writing Idylls of the King. For 10 points, name this mythological compilation by Thomas Malory.
Both John Steinbeck and Sidney Lanier used this work as the basis for books for children on the same subject.
Le Morte d'Arthur [or The Death of Arthur]