The Greatest English Version Of The Stories Of King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur Was Completed In 1469-70 By Sir Thomas Malory, `knight Prisoner'. This Generously Annotated Edition, In A New Abridgement By Helen Cooper Based On The Winchester Manuscript, Represents What Malory Wrote More Closely Than The First Version Printed By William Caxton. -;the Definitive English Version Of The Stories Of King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur Was Completed In 1469-70 By Sir Thomas Malory, `knight-prisoner'. In A Resonant Prose Style, Malory Charts The Tragic Disintegration Of The Fellowship Of The Round Table, Destr.