Sword in the Stone, The (Complete Classics)

T. H. White

ISBN 10: 9626348534 ISBN 13: 9789626348536

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks, 2008

Synopsis

One of the most inventive and charming retellings of the Arthurian legend and the first part of The Once and Future King. Through a series of adventures that involve being turned into animals, an encounter with a very hungry witch and a meeting with the real Robin Hood, Merlyn instructs Wart (Arthur) and his brother Sir Kay in the ways of the world, and broader wisdom too. One of them will need it - the King has died leaving no heir, and a rightful one must be found by pulling a sword from an anvil resting on a stone...

About this title

Review:

Neville Jason is in general an avuncular narrator well matched to White's prose. This is education the way it ought to be. --Christina Hardyment

From the Publisher:

This new edition of T.H White's classic story includes a special "Why You'll Love This Book" introduction by bestselling-author, Garth Nix.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9626348534
• ISBN 13: 9789626348536
• Binding: Audio CD
• Number of pages: 8