King Arthurs Legends: Where to begin?

What’s the first book you should read if you wanted to know more about the Arthurian tradition? This video explores three viable options and explains how each *might* be a good place to start, (depending on what your interest level is an how committed you are to a “medieval” experience). I like my number one choice, but based on these, where would you choose to start?

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Chapters:
00:00 Arthurian Legend (A Brief Intro)
02:44 The History of the Kings of Britain, Geoffrey of Monmouth
11:04 A Brief Timeline
12:19 Le Morte Darthur, Sir Thomas Malory
19:56 The King Arthur Trilogy, Rosemary Sutcliffe
26:59 Final Conclusions and Outro

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