Penguin Galaxy The Once and Future King, (Hardcover)

from bookworm12

The Sword in the Stone I finished the first section and I'm loving it so far. I wasn't expecting it to be so playful. It's full of adventure, wisdom, and characters we all know and love. I can't wait to see Wart continue to grow and become a leader. I think its place as a classic comes from its ...

from Donna828

This imaginative epic of the legend of King Arthur combines adventure with introspection and humor with tragedy. It's actually four very different books in one where Arthur matures from a lad who wishes to become like the animals he admires to a king who regrets the innate nature of man to use fo...

from LisaMaria_C

This beautifully written book is one of two gold standards I use to measure Arthurian books. Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy for the historic approach, and this one, White's The Once and Future King, for the full-on fantasy approach. (The book was the basis for the musical Camelot.) The first three...

from JaneSteen

Where I got the book: on bookshelf. Wasabi's, to be exact. This is a sad, sad, sad, sad book. And also very funny. The first book is the funniest, and then they get sadder. It's like White took the Malory Morte d'Arthur and sucked all the silly stuff out of it so what's left is the essence of the...

from bill_reyn

This book offers a very readable, entertaining version of the Arthurian legend. It is not a book for purists--C. S. Lewis thought the book was an abomination, especially in its treatment of Palomides. But for the uninitiated or those who choose not to plow through the Mort D'Arthur, this is a ver...