Once and Future King

<b>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.</b><br> <i> </i><br> Once upon a time a young boy called Wart was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation for a future he couldn't possibly imagine. A future in which he would ally himself with the greatest knights love a legendary queen and unite a country dedicated to chivalrous values. A future that would see him crowned and known for all time as Arthur King of the Britons. <p/> During Arthur's reign the kingdom of Camelot was founded to cast enlightenment on the Dark Ages while the knights of the Round Table embarked on many a noble quest. But Merlyn foresaw the treachery that awaited his liege: the forbidden love between Queen Guenever and Lancelot the wicked plots of Arthur's half-sister Morgause and the hatred she fostered in Mordred that would bring an end to the king's dreams for Britain--and to the king himself. <p/><b>[<i>The Once and Future King</i>] mingles wisdom wonderful laugh-out-loud humor and deep sorrow--while telling one of the great tales of the Western world.</b>--<b>Guy Gavriel Kay</b>