The Sword In The Stone, T. H. White
The Sword In The Stone, T. H. White
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The Sword In The Stone

Author: T. H. White

Narrator: Neville Jason

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 01/28/2008


Synopsis

Kay and his foster-brother (known as the Wart) are living in the glorious castle of Sir Ector amid the wild and beautiful Forest Sauvage. But they are given a tutor – the magician Merlyn. And so begins one of the most inventive and charming retellings of the Arthurian legend, the first part of The Once and Future King. Through a series of adventures that involve being turned into animals, an encounter with a very hungry witch and a meeting with the real Robin Hood, Merlyn instructs his young charges in the ways of the world, and broader wisdom too. One of them will need it – the King has died leaving no heir, and a rightful one must be found by pulling a sword from an anvil resting on a stone…

About T. H. White

T. H. White (1906–1964) is the author of the classic Arthurian fantasy The Once and
Future King, among other works. He was born in Mumbai, India, to English parents and educated at Queen’s College, Cambridge. His writings have had a strong influence on both J. K. Rowling and Neil Gaiman.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Leonard on November 16, 2020

The Once and Future King is, obviously, a modern variation on the Arthurian cycle. Allegedly, T. H. White’s primary source was Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur. However, while Malory starts his book with the story of Uther and Igraine, White hardly mentions Arthur’s birth parents. Moreover, wh......more

Goodreads review by Apatt on March 09, 2017

If you are looking for my review of this book please head for my long winded review of The Once and Future King as this book is Part 1 thereof. If, on the other hand, you are not looking for my review... Hello!......more