The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Incipit Liber Quartus: The Candle in the Wind (1940) Incipit Liber Quintus: The Book of Merlyn (posthumous pub. 1958).HarperVoyager, Kindle edition, 2015, 1940 & 1958, 208 & 137 pgs (of 864 pgs total, approx.) The land of Gramarye is thrown into confusion. The ageing King Arthur questions… Continue reading The Big Read: The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Book Four: Incipit Liber Quartus ‘The Candle in the Wind’ & Book Five: Incipit Liber Quintus ‘The Book of Merlyn’ (Pt. 4 + End)
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The Big Read: The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Book Three: Incipit Liber Tertius ‘The Ill-Made Knight’ (Pt. 3)
The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Incipit Liber Tertius: The Ill-Made Knight (1940).HarperVoyager, Kindle edition, 2015, 1940, 291 pgs (of 864 pgs total, approx.) A young boy from France joins King Arthur’s fabled Round Table. Shy and godly, he is to become one of the most famous and talented knights of all time.… Continue reading The Big Read: The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Book Three: Incipit Liber Tertius ‘The Ill-Made Knight’ (Pt. 3)
The Big Read: The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Book Two: Incipit Liber Secundus ‘The Witch in the Wood’ (Pt. 2)
The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Incipit Liber Secundus: The Witch in the Wood (1939).HarperVoyager, Kindle edition, 2015, 1938, 282 pgs (of 864 pgs total, approx.) Arthur is now king of Gramarye. The Gauls, angered by his sudden rise to power, are amassing a rebel army to depose him. As Arthur readies his armies,… Continue reading The Big Read: The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Book Two: Incipit Liber Secundus ‘The Witch in the Wood’ (Pt. 2)
The Big Read: The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake – Book One: ‘Titus Groan’
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (1946)Mandarin, 1993, 369 pgs (of 953 pgs total). Note: This edition I’m reading from (Mandarin Books, 1993) has a bunch of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors for some weird reason? So I’d recommend more recent editions if you want to read this. Gormenghast. The sprawling castle compound home of Earl… Continue reading The Big Read: The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake – Book One: ‘Titus Groan’
The Big Read: The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Book One: Incipit Liber Primus ‘The Sword in the Stone’ (Pt. 1)
The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Incipit Liber Primus: The Sword in the Stone (1938).HarperVoyager, Kindle edition, 2015, 1938, 312 pgs (of 864 pgs total, approx.) In the land of Gramarye, surrounded by deep and mysterious woodland, sits the Castle Sauvage. Within its walls, lives a young orphan boy named Wart.… Continue reading The Big Read: The Once and Future King by T. H. White – Book One: Incipit Liber Primus ‘The Sword in the Stone’ (Pt. 1)
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