The complete box set of T.H. White’s magnificent retelling of the Arthurian legend. The novel is made up of five parts: The Sword in the Stone, The Witch in the Wood, The Ill-Made Knight, The Candle in the Wind, and The Book of Merlyn. Humane, warmly funny and deeply touching, White’s epic fantasy novel is a true classic.

This abridgement of the first novel in The Once and Future King, the tale of King Arthur and the rise and fall of Camelot, is specifically aimed at 712 year olds. It concentrates on the early years of Arthur, leading to his proclamation as king. White elaborated imaginatively on the legend giving strong personalities to the main characters as well as animals! Neville Jason (who read the unabridged War and Peace for Naxos AudioBooks) gives another strong reading.

T. H. White’s novel of a glittering resort hotel, where every room is the setting for a private drama.

One of the most inventive and charming retellings of the Arthurian legend, this is the final part of The Once and Future King. In these last two books, the ageing king faces the greatest challenge of his reign, when his own son threatens to overthrow him and destroy everything he has worked for. In The Book of Merlyn, Arthur’s tutor Merlyn reappears, and the ancient magician teaches him that, even in the face of apparent ruin, there is still hope.

This is a delightfully rambling narrative of White's adventures in western Ireland. We follow White as he hunts and fishes in a vast untenanted estate and learn with fascination the delicate art of falconry. We accompany him in the cold black morning before dawn in search of barnacle geese.Then there is an eerie experience with the Fairy Fire and the revelation of the Godstone, a minor deity which White hoped to prove was pagan in origin, but which turned out to be the pillow of a ...

T. H. White found himself rifling through old handbooks of falconry. A particular sentence—“the bird reverted to a feral state”—seized his imagination, and, White later wrote, “A longing came to my mind that I should be able to do this myself. ...” White wrote to Germany to acquire a young goshawk. Gos, as White named the bird, was ferocious and Gos was free, and White had no idea how to break him in beyond the ancient practice of depriving him of sleep, which meant that he, White, also we...

Johnnie was a teenager.He only wanted to do what most teenagers do.But one day a man who was supposed to be the Sheriff, wasn't.He attacked Johnnie, kidnapping his mother.Just like that Johnnie's life became a nightmare as he became a teen on the run from a monster impersonating the Sheriff.A monster that can do weird things, dangerous things, deadly things.And who wanted his soul!A monster with magical powers!On the run he se...

Written in the form of a diary, this book narrates events from 3rd March 1934 to the 3rd March 1935. The author fishes, hunts, shoots ducks, learns to fly a small aeroplane, and keeps a snake as a pet. He does these things one at a time and obsessively, being the sort of person who needs to be the best at everything he tries. An essential read for the keen or just curious country sportsman or woman.

In the final days of King Arthur’s reign, the wizard Merlyn appears to help Arthur discover the reason why wars happen. Set to do battle with his nephew Mordred for the throne of England, Arthur learns about ethics and politics through his transformation into different animals. Will Arthur and Mordred come to a peaceful agreement? Or will there be bloodshed on the battlefield?The original manuscript for The Book of Merlyn was meant to be part of The Once and Future King, but was re...

The Sword in the Stone is an Arthurian fantasy novel about the boyhood of King Arthur. The famous story was adapted into a Walt Disney animated movie in 1963.

“The bravest people are the ones who don’t mind looking like cowards.”A series of stories based on Le Morte d’Arthur, the legends of King Arthur are transported to the 14th century in a delightful retelling of the original in T.H White’s The Once and Future King.The Sword in the Stone tells the story of young Arthur’s upbringing and his training with the wizard Merlyn. The comic events in the story inspired the Walt Disney animated classic, bringing the beloved character of...

The Once and Future King is a collection of four works of Arthurian fantasy. The book includes The Sword in the Stone, The Queen of Air and Darkness, The Ill-Made Knight and The Candle in the Wind. It's the story of Arthur, as he becomes King, the romance of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere and the adventures of Merlyn the wizard.