Mort
**Le Morte d'Arthur** (originally spelled **Le Morte Darthur**, ungrammatical Middle French for "The Death of Arthur") is a 15th-century Middle English prose reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table—along with their respective folklore. In order to tell a "complete" story of Arthur from his conception to his death, Malory compiled, rearranged, interpreted and modified material from various French and English sources. Today, this is one of the best-known works of Arthurian literature. Many authors since the 19th-century revival of the legend have used Malory as their principal source. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Morte_d%27Arthur))
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Awkward Mort gets the worst job in the world: apprentice to Death himself. On his first solo run, he tries to save a young princess from an arranged death, and accidentally splits reality into two.
Mort is the fourth Discworld novel and the first in the Death sub-series. New readers can start with Mort because it works as a standalone introduction to Death as a recurring Discworld character.
The Death sub-series has five main books: Mort, Reaper Man, Soul Music, Hogfather, and Thief of Time. Death also appears throughout the broader Discworld series.
Mort was written by Thomas Malory, published in 1557 by Ginn.
Mort is 501 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Mort takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
Mort is a standalone novel by Thomas Malory, not part of a series.
Mort is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
