Finished: 2/3/2025 Before getting into the analyses, I should explain all the years in the title and the background of the Arthurian legend. The Once and Future King is a collection of four different books that were written around the years 1936-1941 (the title has the publishing years). These books are The Sword in the Stone , The Queen of Air and Darkness , The Ill-Made Knight and The Candle in the Wind . These books are in chronological order of the different stages in King Arthur's life, starting from him as a child, and going all the way to his near death. These were compiled in 1958 and put into one book called The Once and Future King . The Book of Merlyn was written around 1941-1942 and was to be the last part in the series of five, detailing the death of King Arthur and other major characters. However, this last part wasn't published until 1977, almost a decade after T.H. White's death. The Book of Merlyn has a strong anti-war message that the English speaking ...
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