The Once and Future King

by

T. H. White

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Contents

THE SWORD IN THE STONE

THE QUEEN OF AIR AND DARKNESS

THE ILL-MADE KNIGHT

THE CANDLE IN THE WIND

The critics on T. H. White's THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

"A gay, warm, sad, glinting, rich, mystical, true and beautiful tapestry of human history and human spirit. Read it and laugh. Read it and learn. Read it and be glad you are human."

—Minneapolis Tribune

"Intensely contemporary and pungent . . . not only better . . . and richer for being a retelling, it is also more original ... In fact, there is everything in this great book."

Saturday Review

"... should be enormously popular and become one of the curious classics of English literature."

—David Garnett

Other Books by T. H. White

THE BOOK OF MERLYN ENGLAND HAVE MY BONES

LETTERS TO A FRIEND

THE MAHARAJAH AND OTHER STORIES

MISTRESS MASHAM'S REPOSE

_T.H. WHITE.

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THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

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PRINTING HISTORY

G. P. Putnam's Sons edition published 1965

Berkley edition / July 1966

Ace edition / June 1987

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Copyright 1939, 1940, 1958 by T. H. White.

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