Idylls of the King is Lord Tennyson\'s epic retelling of the Arthurian legend through twelve lengthy poems, depicting Arthur, his Knights, Queen Guinevere, and the mythic kingdom.
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Based chiefly from authoritative sources such as Mallory\'s Le Morte d\'Arthur and the Mabinogion, Tennyson would expand upon and alter the legendary canon in order to fit the narration he sought to convey.
Published between the years 1859 and 1885, Idylls of the King is arguably Tennyson\'s greatest work.
Idylls of the King is Lord Tennyson\'s epic retelling of the Arthurian legend through twelve lengthy poems, depicting Arthur, his Knights, Queen Guinevere, and the mythic kingdom