About The Once and Future King
T.H White′s masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend is an abiding classic. Here all five volumes that make up the story are published in one volume, as White himself always wished. 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.
Detail
Complete Title: The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-4)
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 639
Publication Time: June 15, 1987
Publisher: Ace
ISBN: 0441627404
ISBN13: 9780441627400
About T.H. White
T.H. White
Born in Bombay to English parents, Terence Hanbury White was educated at Cambridge and taught for some time at Stowe before deciding to write full-time. White moved to Ireland in 1939 as a conscientious objector to WWII, and lived out his years there. White is best known for his sequence of Arthurian novels, The Once and Future King, first published together in 1958.
Reviews The Once and Future King
Corinne Edwards
This book terrified me, on many levels. It’s 667 pages long, to begin with. It’s been a while since I read a serious chunkster like that (besides Harry Potter, which somehow in my mind doesn’t really…
Daniel B.
It’s a classic for a reason. Wonderful story. Great characters. Clearly bar raising for its time…
Heather
Seriously, how do you review the pinnacle of all fantasy? You can argue with me, but that, in my opinion, is what The Once and Future King is. Sure, the evil enchantresses are stout and grumpy, the ma…
Nataliya
As a TV character once said, I’ve lost the will to scold.
(Temporarily, of course. I can always muster some effort to talk smack. This book knows what it did, and I’m fighting back.)There must b…
Matthew
I have owned the copy of this book I just finished since 1997!I originally got it for a school project and only finished the first part of it (Oops!).Now, years later, I read it as part of a Goodreads…
Oriana
In case anyone is wondering: I picked this book up for a re-read because of one throwaway line in
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal
. I haven’t read this since high school, but I remember lovin…
Darwin8u
“They made me see that the world was beautiful if you were beautiful, and that you couldn’t get unless you gave. And you had to give without wanting to get.” ― T.H. White, The Once and Future Ki…
Beth
I carried a quote from this book around in my purse for decades. In my original version of the book, it is on page 111 and begins, “The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and…
Jeff
3.5 Stars Way back when, I took a college class in Arthurian literature. This book was not included in the course which had us read just about everything else written about the legendary king. By the…