The Fall of Arthur

The Fall of Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien's only foray into the legends of King Arthur of Britain, can be considered his greatest achievement in the use of Old English alliterative meter. A work in which he managed to convey the sense of inevitability and gravity of events: from Arthur's expedition to distant pagan lands, from Queen Guinevere's flight from Camelot, from the great naval battle to Arthur's return to Britain; in the portrayal of the traitor Mordred, in the tormented