The Sword in the Stone
The twentieth century's most beloved Arthurian opening, source of Disney's 1963 film, and the template for the 'magical education' subgenre that Rowling industrialised.
Series Guide
The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
White's Arthurian cycle, from the Wart's enchanted education to the ruin of the Round Table — comedy ripening into tragedy.
In the Guide
The Once and Future King
The definitive modern Arthuriad: source of Camelot the musical, an acknowledged wellspring for writers from Gaiman to Rowling, and one of fantasy's few genuine tragedies.