Through it all, Arthur, thoroughly worn out and exhausted after seeing his noble dream shattered, is unsure if he even wants to face his bastard son in battle. Together they discuss the evils of humanity, war, and what can be done to cure it. Together they arrive at the Badger's Sett Arthur visited in his childhood where he is reunited with his animal mentors from his youth. On the eve of the Final Battle between King Arthur and Mordred, Arthur is once more taken by Merlyn to contemplate various things. It was published as it was written with no editing done to bring it more in line with the omnibus version of "The Once and Future'', so it reflects the installments of the tetralogy as the individual books they were originally published as before they were revised to be collected in one volume.Ĭhronologically, it is set within the fourth book, during the last few pages. White's manuscript was finally published in 1977, thirteen years after his death. It would not be included in the 1958 composite edition of The Once and Future King. Written in the 1940s, it remained unpublished due to wartime paper shortage and its anti-war message. The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King is the posthumously published fifth book in T.H.
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