The Book of Merlyn

by T. H. White

Overview

T.H. White's masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic as legendary as Excalibur and Camelot, and a poignant story of adventure, romance, and magic that has enchanted readers for generations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780441070152
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/15/1987
Series:	Once and Future King , #2
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	4.19(w) x 6.72(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

T. H. White is the author of the classic Arthurian fantasy The Once and Future King, among other works.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Statement
The Story of the Book
Introducing The Book Of Merlyn

The Book Of Merlyn

What People are Saying About This

Mercedes Lackey

Such a small thing, The Book of Merlyn, to hold so much. Joyful and despairing, heartbreaking, yet full of hope. As wonderful and fearful to read today as it was when I first found it in 1978. And the world has as much need of it today as it did then—more, perhaps. But will the world be ready to listen?

Peter Green

This mythic political fable for our time wasn't published when it was written because the world wasn't ready for it.

Gregory Macguire

It was well after the publication of my own novel, Wicked, that someone pointed out to me (I think it was my mother) how much I had learned from White’s Arthurian cycle. As soon as she said so, I smacked my forehead with the heel of my hand. Of course. I had emulated White’s temerity in taking a well-known story—in my instance, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz—and I had dared to try to tell it again for a new generation, as if it had never been told before.

From the Publisher

“Superb reading.”—The Kansas City Star

“Filled with poignance and marvelous power…Enthusiasts for White’s touching, profound, funny, and tragic story will not want to miss this version, for it is the true and intended ending of the great work.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“And so the grand epic comes full circle, ‘rounded and bright and done,’ as White had wished it would be.”—Boston Sunday Globe

Editorial Reviews

Superb reading.”—The Kansas City Star

“Filled with poignance and marvelous power…Enthusiasts for White’s touching, profound, funny, and tragic story will not want to miss this version, for it is the true and intended ending of the great work.”—Los Angeles Times
 
“And so the grand epic comes full circle, ‘rounded and bright and done,’ as White had wished it would be.”—Boston Sunday Globe

From the Publisher