Thomas Malory was an English writer best known for Le Morte d'Arthur, a comprehensive chronicle of the Arthurian legend. His work, compiled and translated largely from French sources, was published by the London printer William Caxton in 1485 and became the classic English-language treatment of the subject. Much of Malory's life remains obscure to modern scholars. He identified himself as a "knight prisoner," suggesting he experienced some form of confinement, though whether as a criminal, prisoner-of-war, or under other circumstances is unclear. His exact identity has never been definitively confirmed. The most widely accepted candidate for Malory's identity has been Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, who was imprisoned multiple times for criminal acts and possibly for political reasons during the Wars of the Roses. However, more recent scholarship by Cecelia Lampp Linton has presented evidence supporting an alternative identification with Thomas Malory of Hutton Conyers in Yorkshire. Malory died in 1471, likely at Newgate Prison in London.