Though The Candle in the Wind was seen as the final novel in the series, another manuscript-originally written in 1941-turned up after White's death. The collected work inspired Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe to create the musical Camelot, which was a critical and financial success. However, due to editorial changes, as well as paper shortages during World War II, all four pieces did not appear together until compiled into a revised edition-entitled The Once and Future King-in 1958. The Candle in the Wind was about the last days of Camelot (White adapted a play for its content). White proceeded to cover the more aspects of the Arthurian legend: The Queen of Air and Darkness (1939 also known as The Witch in the Wood) focused on Arthur's early days as king, while The Ill-Made Knight (1940) covered the tempestuous relationship between Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere. White's novel about Arthur's childhood, The Sword in the Stone (1938), was a popular success. Inspired by Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, White decided to produce his own take on the legend of King Arthur. On January 17, 1964, White's body was found on a ship in Piraeus, Greece. He became known for his King Arthur series, The Once and Future King, comprising the novelsThe Sword in the Stone, The Queen of Air and Darkness (also known as The Witch in the Wood), The Ill-Made Knight and The Candle in the Wind. He thrust the end of his beard into his mouth, stared tragically into the fire, and began to munch it fiercely.Born on May 29, 1906, in British-ruled Bombay (now Mumbai), India, T.H. 'Well, anyway,' he said, 'suppose they did not let you stand against all the evil in the world?' 'I don't think that is an answer at all,' replied the Wart, justly. Suppose you wait till you are grown up and know the reason?' 'Why do people not think, when they are grown up, as I do when I am young?' 'Wouldn't you? Wait till it happens and see.'

'That would be extremely presumptuous of you,' said Merlyn, 'and you would be conquered, and you would suffer for it.' “If I were to be made a knight,' said the Wart, staring dreamily into the fire, 'I should insist on doing my vigil by myself, as Hob does with his hawks, and I should pray to God to let me encounter all the evil in the world in my own person, so that if I conquered there would be none left, and, if I were defeated, I would be the one to suffer for it.'

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