Launcelot: A Romance of the Court of King Arthur
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Hamilton, Ernest. Launcelot: A Romance of the Court of King Arthur. London: Methuen, 1926.
In Launcelot (1926), Lord Ernest Hamilton (1858-1939) combines Malory with Tennysonian morality and writes in deliberately archaic language. His Launcelot is beyond reproach: even though Gueneviere professes her love for him and tries to seduce him, he resists her advances. The honorable knight is married to Elaine, daughter of Pelles, their son Galahad being born in lawful wedlock. When Launcelot and the queen are trapped in her chamber, they are innocent. He is there only because Agravaine sent a message saying that she needed to see him 'touching some weighty matter.'