The Once and Future King

Merlyn, who experiences time backward, is the traveler in this series, which was introduced to me by Denbigh Starkey, my undergraduate advisor at WSU and later a member of my Ph.D. committee.

The first four short books in the series were collected (with a substantial cut and revision to #2) into a single volume, The Once and Future King, in 1958. A final part, The Book of Merlyn written in 1941, was published posthumously in 1971.

1. The Sword in the Stone, 1938 —Arthur is crowned
2. The Witch in the Wood, 1939, aka The Queen of Air and Darkness (cut and revised), 1958 —young King Arthur
3. The Ill-Made Knight (1940)—Sir Lancelot
4. The Candle in the Wind (1958)—the end of Camelot
5. The Book of Merlyn (1977)—the final battle with Mordred