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  <default_description>&quot;...a personal as well as historical story that crisscrosses the centuries on the question of war &amp; peace.&quot;--NY Times
This magical account of King Arthur's last night on earth spent weeks on the NY Times' best-seller list following its publication in 1977. Even in addressing the profound issues of war &amp; peace, The Book of Merlyn retains the life &amp; sparkle for which White is known. The tale brings Arthur full circle, an ending, White wrote, that &quot;will turn my completed epic into a perfect fruit, 'rounded off &amp; bright &amp; done.'&quot;</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I originally picked up a paperback edition of this addition to T.H. White's The Once and Future King while in Oslo, Norway during the summer after seminary graduation.  I read it, leaving the copy behind for Mother, then found a used hardcover edition when back in Chicago and read it for a second ti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42749666">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[[These notes were made in 1981:]The fifth and last book of The Once and Future King, according to the PR. But without that trumpeting, one might be forgiven for thinking that this book is not part of the same overall plan as the others, though it is indisputably by the same author and &quot;about&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71930856">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I must admit some bias associated with this unfortunately short novel. Although it is a little weak when trying to read it independently of The Once &amp; Future King, when you read it immediately after that greater work it is pure brilliance.<br/><br/>White's narrative tone draws you into a deceptive...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61135293">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Even the Greek definition anthropos, He Who Looks Up, is inaccurate. Man seldom looks up above his own height after adolescence.&quot;<br/>Page 53<br/><br/>&quot;He knew suddenly that nobody, living upon the remotest, most barren crag in the ocean, could complain of a dull landscape so long...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42273352">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11194188">
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    <body><![CDATA[A favorite quote:<br/><br/><em>They discovered that he was furiously angry...<br/><br/>&quot;I would not have minded,&quot; he burst out, &quot;if they had been wicked--if they had wanted to be wicked. I would not have minded if they had chosen to be wicked for some reason, or for fun. But they did ...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11194188">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5701824">
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    <body><![CDATA[I happened upon this book some time after reading <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The Once and Future King" title="The Once and Future King">The Once and Future King</a> and always intended to reread the trilogy and then read this, so the events of the preceding books would be fresher in my mind.  However, time has gone on, and I don't realistically envisage reading <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=The Sword in the Stone" title="The Sword in the Stone">The Sword in the Stone</a> and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5701824">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53380499">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The author, T.H. White, titles this book &quot;The Once and Future King&quot; because he is one of those who believe that the story of King Arthur is filled with esoteric meaning and that Arthur will one day return. Many Celtics and other mystery religions believe this or similar events. I found the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53380499">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Don't expect this to be just another book, or chapter of THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING.  It is a treatise on its own, of the resolution of a man's hard life, full of beauty, images and lessons that give something different with every reading.  Reading the first four books of the story makes no difference...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29699229">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I abandoned this book, like Don Quixote, it lost the wonderful wieved coherence of the rest of the work. I think this tome was part of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43545.The_Once_and_Future_King" title="The Once and Future King by T.H. White">The Once and Future King</a> but thankfully was NOT published with the original work. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53219506">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's sort of a repeat of some things that happened in The Once and Future King (Wart's animal transformations). I can't remember what's new and what's not. I think this has the Badger giving his fable of how man and the animals were made, which is really cute. Once and Future can stand alone without...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68997171">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book finishes off The Once and Future King, but was never published with the book. It has many plain and simple truths in it and tells us that we need to be more childlike and imaginative. It also shows that we should never give up our individuality.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so I've read a version of this, but I was told that this is a longer version and the one in <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43545.The_Once_and_Future_King" title="The Once and Future King by T.H. White">The Once and Future King</a> is abbreviated.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a clever book that outlines patterns in the Animal Kingdom that are analogous to philosophies of certain philosophers.  For example, the geese illustrate Locke, while the ants illustrate Hobbes.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was so very interesting.  More philosophy and government conveyed in a way that I enjoyed. But then again, I loved my philosophy classes.  This is definitely worth a read!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The conclusion to The Once and Future King.  It's the fifth of five volumes, and illustrates one last encounter between Arthur and Merlyn.  If you've read The Once and Future King, you should read this for unity, but it can also be read as a stand-alone text.  Some parts were taken from The Book of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4758761">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I discovered The Sword in the Stone (0399225021) when I was young and reread it many times. I was thrilled when this slender volume came out and immediately ran out and bought it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this.  Perfect ending to an already great story.  Read the intro to the story however to get some good back ground on T.H. White and how this book came about.  <br/><br/>It's more a philosophy against/for war.  Seeing how King Arthur was at his wits end with fighting Lancelot and now facin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64144798">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are occasional hints of some good stuff here, but it's hidden behind an extremely anachronistic Merlyn lecturing incessantly on the obvious: war is bad and humans are stupid for always playing at it.]]></body>
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