Author(s): Mark Twain
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 280
Publisher: ALAN RODGERS BOOKS
Language: English
Date Published: 2006-08-30
Dimensions: 154.94 x 231.14 x 25.4mm
Publication City/Country: Woodlands Hills, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: black & white illustrations
This novel of Mark Twain's -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- gives us an odd view of the American literary genius: it shows is bent twoward science fictional. Twain wrote the book as a burlesque of Romantic notions of chivalry after being inspired by a dream in which he was a knight himself and severely inconvenienced by the weight and cumbersome nature of his armor.
A Yankee engineer from Connecticut is accidentally transported back in time to the court of King Arthur, where he fools the inhabitants of that time into thinking he is a magician--and soon uses his knowledge of modern technology to become a "magician" in earnest, stunning the English of the Early Middle Ages with such feats as demolitions, fireworks and the shoring up of a holy well. Twain's fascination appears in his time traveler (from contemporary America, yet!), using his knowledge of science to introduce modern technology to Arthurian England. As with all works of a master like Twain, we highly recommend this novel -- but just between us, this book is a lot of fun, too. Go ahead, read it now.
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 280
Publisher: ALAN RODGERS BOOKS
Language: English
Date Published: 2006-08-30
Dimensions: 154.94 x 231.14 x 25.4mm
Publication City/Country: Woodlands Hills, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: black & white illustrations
This novel of Mark Twain's -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- gives us an odd view of the American literary genius: it shows is bent twoward science fictional. Twain wrote the book as a burlesque of Romantic notions of chivalry after being inspired by a dream in which he was a knight himself and severely inconvenienced by the weight and cumbersome nature of his armor.
A Yankee engineer from Connecticut is accidentally transported back in time to the court of King Arthur, where he fools the inhabitants of that time into thinking he is a magician--and soon uses his knowledge of modern technology to become a "magician" in earnest, stunning the English of the Early Middle Ages with such feats as demolitions, fireworks and the shoring up of a holy well. Twain's fascination appears in his time traveler (from contemporary America, yet!), using his knowledge of science to introduce modern technology to Arthurian England. As with all works of a master like Twain, we highly recommend this novel -- but just between us, this book is a lot of fun, too. Go ahead, read it now.
Book Info | |
Author | Mark Twain |
Date Published | 2006-08-30 |
Dimensions | 154.94 x 231.14 x 25.4mm |
First Author | Mark Twain |
Format | Hardback |
Illustrations | black & white illustrations |
ISBN | 9781598184464 |
Language | English |
No. of Pages | 280 |
Publication City/Country | Woodlands Hills, United States |
Publisher | ALAN RODGERS BOOKS |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Mark Twain
- Hardback
- Publisher: ALAN RODGERS BOOKS
- ISBN: 9781598184464
- Availability:In Stock
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