The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)

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Once upon a time, a young boy called Wart was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation for a future he couldn t possibly imagine A future in which he would ally himself with the greatest knights, love a legendary queen and unite a country dedicated to chivalrous values A future that would see him crowned and known for all time as Arthur, King of the Britons.During Arthur s reign, the kingdom of Camelot was founded to cast enlightenment on the Dark Ages, while the knights of the Round Table embarked on many a noble quest But Merlyn foresaw the treachery that awaited his liege the forbidden love between Queen Guinevere and Lancelot, the wicked plots of Arthur s half sister Morgause, and the hatred she fostered in Mordred that would bring an end to the king s dreams for Britain and to the king himself. New Download The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4) by T.H. White For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr 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 count.Besides that, I am just not a fan of Authur stories, despite my deep love of the Disney movie The Sword and the Stone, of course Ever since I saw the musical Camelot in the theater when I was in high school, the story just didn t appeal to me Then my book club chose this as our month 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 count.Besides that, I am just not a fan of Authur stories, despite my deep love of the Disney movie The Sword and the Stone, of course Ever since I saw the musical Camelot in the theater when I was in high school, the story just didn t appeal to me Then my book club chose this as our monthly selection and I finally decided it was time to tackle this monster.Was it worth reading Absolutely This book is so muchthan just Arthur and Camelot The first section of the...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 magical castles are made out of food, the lily maids are fat and of a certain age, and the knights in shining armor refer to one another as o...In case anyone is wondering I picked this book up for a re read because of one throwaway line inWhy Be Happy When You Could Be NormalI haven t read this since high school, but I remember loving it almost giddily as a tween Since it s a big monster of a book, I took a steak knife to it, as I often do, and cut it in half so I could carry it about and read it on the subway without breaking my back Here s the new cover I put on my DIY d vol 2, from Vice magazine I find it creepy rat In case anyone is wondering I picked this book up for a re read because of one throwaway line inWhy Be Happy When You Could Be NormalI haven t read this since high school, but I remember loving it almost giddily as a tween Since it s a big monster of a book, I took a steak knife to it, as I often do, and cut it in half so I could carry it about and read it on the subway without breaking my back Here s the new cover I...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 getT.H White, The Once and Future KingI loved it and my two brats 11 13 absolutely enjoyed it, even if many of the jokes, the funky anachronistic blending of the Medieval with the Modern, might have floated a bit over their tiny wee heads.Anyway, I think White perfectly captured the magic, power, fears and the jo...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 end of the semester I was sick of King Arthur, the round table, the Holy Grail and knights in general as a consequence, I didn t bother reading this book until now Before I finally picked it up I assumed it would be something like Camelot a crappy musical I heard Lerner and Lowe ...I love how the first 1 3 of this story is basically that Disney cartoon of the Sword in the Stone I had no idea they followed the book so closely Also, I need this in my lifeFrom Geoffrey of Monmouth 1 to Thomas Malory 2 to Alfred Lord Tennyson 3 to T.H White 4 to Lerner Lowe 5 1 Historia Regum Britanniae History of the Kings of Britain , 1130s 2 La Morte d Arthur, 14853 Idylls of the King, 1859 854 The Once and Future King, 1938 415 Camelot, 1960 Broadway The big time 1 See here for the association of the musical Camelot with the Kennedy Administration.2 Here s an extended quote from the first page of the book, to indicate thFrom Geoffrey of Monmouth 1 to Thomas Malory 2 to Alfred Lord Tennyson 3 to T.H White 4 to Lerner Lowe 5 1 Historia Regum Britanniae History of the Kings of Britain , 1130s 2 La Morte d Arthur, 14853 Idylls of the King, 1859 854 The Once and Future King, 1938 415 Camelot, 1960 Broadway The big time 1 See here for the association of the musical Camelot with the Kennedy Administration.2 Here s an extended quote from the first page of the book, to indicate the flavor don t confuse with Harry Potter, this was written in 1938 On Mondays, Wednesdays and F...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 blow, is to learn something That s the only thing that never fails You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour t 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 blow, is to learn something That s the only thing that never fails You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser m...A complex and multi tiered depiction of the epic Arthurian legend This book is unlike any other I ve read either focusing on the myth or simply in terms of fantasy writing While the story begins with The Sword in the Stone, a novel I had already read years ago it was refreshing to re familiarize myself with T.H White s eccentric and unique style of portraying the character of King Arthur as a ch... The Once and Future King was recommended to me on Reddit as probably the best Arthurian fantasy book extant I have read Stephen R Lawhead s The Pendragon Cycle and Marion Zimmer Bradley s The Mists of Avalon and if my memory serves me correctly did not care for either of them I am still interested in the Arthurian saga though so I proceeded accordingly The Once and Future King is divided into four parts, the f...

The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)
  • English
  • 05 November 2018
  • Mass Market Paperback
  • 639 pages
  • 0441627404
  • T.H. White
  • The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)