A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 9.

Languageen
First published2004-07-07
RightsPublic domain in the USA.
Gutenberg ID#7250

Description

"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 9." by Mark Twain is a novel published in 1889. A Connecticut engineer named Hank Morgan suffers a head injury and awakens in medieval England during King Arthur's reign. Using his modern knowledge, he convinces the kingdom he's a powerful magician and becomes Arthur's chief minister. Hank attempts to modernize the past and implement democratic reforms, but faces opposition from Merlin, the nobility, and the Catholic Church in this satirical tale of time travel and clashing civilizations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

  • Fantasy fiction
  • Satire
  • Knights and knighthood -- Fiction
  • Arthurian romances -- Adaptations
  • Time travel -- Fiction
  • Americans -- Great Britain -- Fiction
  • Kings and rulers -- Fiction
  • Britons -- Fiction
  • PS

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