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An absolutely brilliant, topsy-turvy retelling of Malory's tale of Sir Gareth. In Malory's original story, Sir Gareth starts out in disguise as a kitchen boy, before undertaking a quest, riding with the sharp-tongued and scornful Lady Lynet to rescue her beautiful, distressed sister, Lady Lyonesse. Despite Lyonesse's suspicions of an unnamed knight, he eventually wins her hand in marriage. Tennyson, with a more modern eye, retells the story so that Gareth ends up with the more interesting and assertive Lynet. Most modern retellings follow Tennyson, and I expected Morris to do the same. Instead, he returns to Malory's original, bringing his own lovingly irreverent perspective on the original story. Not only does he fill out some of the gaps in the original tale, he cuts far closer to Malory than I would ever expect - especially in a book written for a younger audience! I'm simply amazed by how unflinchingly Morris sticks to the original, while recasting the story to critique Malory's notions of knighthood...and of course, to deliver another beautiful, sincere, funny, romantic tale of adventure. Probably the best in the series so far.