By T.H. White
Prologue by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Illustrations by Trevor Stubley
(2nd-Hand, Fantasy, Classics, Mythology,Collectables)
Published by Flamingo, 1983
Condition - Good, some foxing throughout
Paperback, 176 pages
Genre - Fantasy, Fiction, Classics, Arthurian, Historical Fiction, Mythology, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Collectables, Literature, British Literature, Novels
★★★★☆
The Book of Merlyn - The Once and Future King (#5)
Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King
This magical account of King Arthur’s last night on earth spent weeks on the New York Times best-seller list following its publication in 1977.
Even in addressing the profound issues of war and peace, The Book of Merlyn retains the life and sparkle for which White is known. The tale brings Arthur full circle, an ending, White wrote, that “will turn my completed epic into a perfect fruit, ’rounded off and bright and done.'”
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.