T. H. White was born in India, was educated in England and lived in Ireland and later in the Channel Islands. He wrote several well-loved classic novels including The Once and Future King and Mistress Masham's Repose.
My favourite children's book ever -- Anne Fine * Daily Mail * Touching, very funny and utterly believable. It is full of amazing characters -- Jill Murphy * Daily Telegraph * Has always been a favourite of mine⦠This book is one for the hall of fame -- Sir Terry Pratchett Wonderful * Independent * Endlessly charming -- Victoria Lane * Daily Telegraph * I can think of few greater pleasures in reading aloud to a bookish child than to read that child first Gulliver's Travels and then Mistress Masham's Repose... It is a stunning book for a child to know * Washington Post * A book I read again and again is Mistress Masham's Repose... you're in awe of the imagination behind it. When I read it as a child I thought it had really happened. -- Jill Murphy * Sunday Telegraph * Open Mistress Masham's Repose, by T H White, and you stop into a magical place... The book is an idyll. -- Anne Fine * Guardian *