The book ends immediately before Arthur's final battle against his illegitimate son Mordred. Arthur is portrayed as an Anglo-Norman rather than a Briton White refers to the actual monarchs of that period as "mythical". Arthur is supposed to have lived in the 5th and 6th centuries, but the book is set around the 14th century. Most of the book takes place in Gramarye, the name that White gives to Britain, and chronicles the youth and education of King Arthur, his rule as a king, and the romance between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. The title refers to a legend that Arthur will one day return as king. It was first published in 1958 as a collection of shorter novels published from 1938 to 1940, with some new or amended material. It is loosely based upon the 1485 work Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. The Once and Future King is a collection of fantasy novels by T.
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