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The Once and Future King

by T.H. White

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Describes King Arthur's life from his childhood to the coronation, creation of the Round Table, and search for the Holy Grail.

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Arthur Comes Alive In 'The Once And Future King'

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.

Arthur Comes Alive In 'The Once And Future King'

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