A Good Deliverance

Warwick, 1468. One drowsy summer afternoon, Sir Thomas Malory - politician, courtier, outlaw, renowned author of Death of Arthur - is hoisted from his garden and taken to Newgate Prison for reasons unknown. Shivering in his foul-smelling, filthy old cell, Malory miserably awaits the execution bells.

But when the locking bar lifts, he is greeted by a boy of about twelve winters: the gaoler's son.

Giddy with relief, Malory seizes the opportunity to teach the boy to read, and recount his deeds to an audience. So begins a prison confession of the perilously exciting life of Sir Thomas Malory: full of sieges, battles and court intrigue.

A Good Deliverance is the captivating tale of a man at odds with his past, and the inspiration behind the first great work of prose fiction in English.