{"product_id":"the-book-of-merlyn-the-conclusion-to-the-once-and-future-king-paperback","title":"The Book of Merlyn: The Conclusion to the Once and Future King - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eT. H. White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Maguire\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eSylvia Townsend Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis magical account of King Arthur's last night on earth, rediscovered in a collection of T. H. White's papers at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, spent twenty-six weeks on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list following its publication in 1977. While preparing for his final, fatal battle with his bastard son, Mordred, Arthur returns to the Animal Council with Merlyn, where the deliberations center on ways to abolish war. More self-revealing than any other of White's books, \u003ci\u003eMerlyn\u003c\/i\u003e shows his mind at work as he agonized over whether to join the fight against Nazi Germany while penning the epic that would become \u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future King\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Merlyn\u003c\/i\u003e has been cited as a major influence by such illustrious writers as Kazuo Ishiguro, J. K. Rowling, Helen Macdonald, Neil Gaiman, and Lev Grossman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Arriving from beyond the curve of time and apparently from the grave, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Merlyn\u003c\/i\u003e stirs its own pages, saying, wait: you didn't get the whole story. . . . It gives us a final glimpse of those two immortal characters, Wart and Merlyn, up close, slo-mo, with a considered and affectionate scrutiny. The book is an elegiac posting from a master storyteller of the twentieth century. Its reissue in our next century is just as welcome as when it first arrived forty years ago. . . . Certainly the moral questions about the military use of force perplex the world still. . . . The efficacy of treaties, the trading of insults among the potentates of the day, the testing of weapons, the weaponizing of trade--these strategies are still front and center. Rather terrifyingly so. We do well to revisit what that old schoolteacher of children, Merlyn, has been trying to point out to us about power and responsibility.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Gregory Maguire, from the foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772060434720,"sku":"9781477317211","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/883d274b3e8a9907af3b7ac59afbeba7.webp?v=1780398888","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-book-of-merlyn-the-conclusion-to-the-once-and-future-king-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}