Bryan's review
The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King
by T.H. White
Bryan's review
The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Bryan's review
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It was a wise choice to leave this book out of the Once and Future King. White leaves behind the analysis and summation of Malory that made The Illmade Knight and The Candle in the Wind so wonderful. Instead he takes Arthur underground to be taught once again about the horrors of humanity by Merlin's animal friends. Pedantic and tedious retreads of Sword in the Stone with extra adult dread. A few good chapters in which Arthur contemplates the English countryside at night and then returns to the world of man and dies. But really a waste of time for anyone interested in Arthur and not White's sad opinion of the human species.
