A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Twain, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486415910 ISBN 13: 9780486415918

Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 2003

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Book by Twain Mark

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Hank Morgan finds himself transported back to England's Dark Ages ― where he is immediately captured and sentenced to death at Camelot. Fortunately, he's quick-witted, and in the process of saving his life he turns himself into a celebrity ― winning himself the position of prime minister as well as the lasting enmity of Merlin.

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In this classic satiric novel, published in 1889, Hank Morgan, a supervisor in a Connecticut gun factory, falls unconscious after being whacked on the head. When he wakes up and finds himself in Britain in 528, he is immediately captured, hauled back to Camelot, and sentenced to death.
But Hank is a quick-witted and enterprising fellow, and in the process of saving his life he turns himself into a celebrity of the highest magnitude. His Yankee ingenuity and knowledge of the world beyond the Dark Ages are regarded as the most powerful sorcery—winning him the eternal enmity of a jealous Merlin. In an effort to bring democratic principles and mechanical knowledge to the kingdom, Hank introduces newspapers, telephones, bicycles, and other modern conveniences to the Dark Ages. But when he tries to improve the lot of the common people, chaos and war result, giving a bittersweet tone to this comic masterpiece by one of America's greatest storytellers.

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• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0486415910
• ISBN 13: 9780486415918
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272