This is the first part of a four part review of the four elements  of T H White's Once and Future King.

I reread this book once every couple of years and love it more every time.  It's a composite of four books that make up an Arthurian Cycle.  The first book is probably the most famous, being the basis for Disney's Sword in the Stone.  It's the fairly light but at times dramatic early life of Wart, or Arthur, raised by an uncle and tutored by Merlin (along with Kay, his tormentor, nemesis and...
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