After watching Unlimited Blade Works and getting hooked on Fate/Grand

Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory is one of the most referenced Arthurian works. It's not the oldest, but it's a version of the stories that is arguably most famous.

>>347078
I was hoping for a more modern work but I'm still really grateful, just got the sample on kindle

>>347078
There's also King Arthur and His Knights by Sir James Knowles in case Le Morte doesn't click.

I found Le Morte d'Arthur a bit dry, even if it might be the most authoritative one. I lost momentum with all the summaries of Merlin doing this and that and going here and there.
The version of King Arthur and His Knights I have on hand (illust. by Louis Rhead) has more pretty pictures and I think it gets to Arthur doing stuff sooner, but it probably loses comprehensiveness somewhere.

>>347379
tl;dr: try one and if it doesn't work, try the other.

>>347154
The more modern works tend to either be fiction or "re-imagined" versions of his legend, so I gave you one that's viewed as being an authority on the subject. From there you can branch out. If you want a movie try watching Excalibur (1981). As far as King Arthur movies go I think it gets the feel of the legends down better than most other attempts even if its style is conspicuously of the 80s.

There's lots of different versions of the old tales you could read, doesn't have to be Mallory's Death of Arthur. Personally I prefer verse to prose when it comes to Arthurian legends, but that's just me.

>>347530
Thanks very much for the info, I'm reading Le Morte d'Arthur and the archaic words drew me in immediately.

Yeah I expected that from newer works, it's a shame but it is what it is, at least after I learn more about the original legends I can tell what the writers changed so that I won't have to wonder