Le Morte d'Arthur is a Middle English reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of existing tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin and the mystical Knights of the Round Table—along with their respective folklore. Malory interpreted existing French and English stories about these figures and added original material. Malory's actual title for the work was The Whole Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, but after Malory's death the publisher changed the title to that commonly known today, which originally only referred to the final volume of the work.