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The Once and Future King
Paperback, 677 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $20 | purchase
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Book Summary
Describes King Arthur's life from his childhood to the coronation, creation of the Round Table, and search for the Holy Grail.
Genres:
This book is about:
- Adaptations,
- Arthurian romances,
- Knights and knighthood,
- Britons,
- King,
- Arthur,
- Kings and rulers,
- Historical fiction,
- Fantasy fiction,
- Fiction
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A Book and a Wish for a Daughter
December 23, 2005 Journalist and comedian Aaron Freeman has a gift for his daughter, and it's in T.H. White's The Once and Future King. It's the gift of love, shared imagination, and peace, it's inspiration he hopes will last a lifetime.
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Arthur Comes Alive In 'The Once And Future King'
November 2, 2010 Writer Lev Grossman was raised on a strict diet of literary classics — until he discovered T.H. White's masterful retelling of the King Arthur tale. In The Once and Future King, what was once as stiff and two-dimensional as a medieval tapestry becomes rich and real and devastatingly sad.
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