The Book of Merlyn: The Conclusion to The Once and Future King

by T. H. White

Gregory Maguire (Foreword), Sylvia Townsend Warner (Preface), and Trevor Stubley (Illustrator)

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This magical account of King Arthur’s last night on earth, rediscovered in a collection of T. H. White’s papers at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, spent twenty-six weeks on the New York Times bestseller list following its publication in 1977. While preparing for his final, fatal battle with his bastard son, Mordred, Arthur returns to the Animal Council with Merlyn, where the deliberations center on ways to abolish war. More self-revealing than any other of White’s books, Merlyn shows his mind at work as he agonized over whether to join the fight against...

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  • ISBN10 147731721X
  • ISBN13 9781477317211
  • Publish Date 19 September 2018 (first published 1 June 1977)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Texas Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 200
  • Language English