The Once and Future King
The world's greatest fantasy classic is the magical epic of King Arthur and his shining Camelot, of Merlyn and Guinevere, of beasts who talk and men who fly, of wizardry and war. It is the book of all things lost and wonderful and sad. It is the fantasy masterpiece by which all others are judged.
The world's greatest fantasy classic is the magical epic of King Arthur and his shining Camelot, of Merlyn and Guinevere, of beasts who talk and men who fly, of wizardry and war. It is the book of all things lost and wonderful and sad. It is the fantasy masterpiece by which all others are judged.
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Format: Books
ASIN: 9780441627400
Publish date: 28-07-1987
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
bookshelves: published-1958, autumn-2014, fantasy, play-dramatisation, radio-4, mythology, winter-20142015, arthurian Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from November 09 to December 14, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04krxskDescription: Once upon...
This book has been a journey for me–an almost three month long journey. More than six hundred pages, and four books later, I feel like I’m at the end of it, but still right at the beginning. I have a deep and sentimental love for Arthurian history, and The Once and Future King is one of the greatest...
"The Once and Future King" was very strong in the beginning, and had a surprising amount of humor. Things like the Questing Beast, prophecy, and Merlin's power became inside jokes that carried on for the rest of the story. T.H. White clearly did his research, and mentioned Malory's "Morte de Arthur"...
I've read this book at least ten times, but half of those I skipped the boring bits between The Sword in the Stone and Camelot. The last few pages never fail to make me cry.
This is really four books in one. I'm not sure why I love it this much. It got very frustrating at times. My main pet peeve were the modern terms. It makes sense for Merlyn to use them, because he lives backwards in time. Or Arthur, because he was taught by Merlyn. But not, say, Guenever or Mor...
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