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The Once and Future King

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T.H. White’s masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend is an abiding classic. The Once and Future King, contains all five books about the early life of King Arthur:

Exquisite comedy offsets the tragedy of Arthur’s personal doom as White brings to life the major British epic of all time with brilliance, grandeur, warmth and charm.

823 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1958

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823 pages, Paperback
Published
January 1, 1996 by Voyager
ISBN
9780006483014
ASIN
0006483011
Language
English
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  • Merlin (Arthurian wizard)

    Merlin (arthurian Wizard)

    Merlin (Welsh: Myrddin) is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in Arthurian legend and medieval Welsh poetry. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136,...

  • Sir Lancelot

    Sir Lancelot

    Lancelot du Lac (meaning Lancelot of the Lake) is one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. He typically features as King Arthurs greatest companion, the lord of Joyous Gard and the greatest swordsman and jouster of the age – un...

  • Sir Mordred
  • Queen Guinevere

    Queen Guinevere

    Guinevere was the legendary queen consort of King Arthur. She was most famous for her love affair with Arthurs chief knight Sir Lancelot, which first appears in Chrétien de Troyes Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart. This motif was picked up in a...

  • King Arthur

    King Arthur

    King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries AD. The details of Arthurs story are mainly composed of folklore a...

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