The second volume in the Voyager Classics series.T.H. White_s masterful retelling of the Arthurian legend is an abiding classic. The Once and Future King, contains all five books about the early life of King Arthur (The Sword in the Stone , The Witch in the Wood , The Ill-Made Knight, The Candle in the Wind and The Book of Merlyn).Exquisite comedy offsets the tradegy of Arthur_s personal doom as White brings to life the major British epic of all time with brilliance, grandeur, warmth and charm