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The Once and Future King
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The Once and Future King, quartet of novels by T.H. White, published in a single volume in 1958. The quartet comprises The Sword in the Stone (1938), The Queen of Air and Darknessāfirst published as The Witch in the Wood (1939)āThe Ill-Made Knight (1940), and The Candle in the Wind (published in the composite volume, 1958). The series is a retelling of Arthurian legend, from Arthurās birth to the end of his reign, and is based largely on Sir Thomas Maloryās Le Morte Darthur.
After Whiteās death, a conclusion to The Once and Future King was found among his papers. It was published in 1977 as The Book of Merlyn.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.
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