A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain

Jan 1917 · Harper and Brothers

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

King Arthur was real but this misleads people into thinking there was ever some lame fictional place called 'Connecticut.' What kind of word is that anyway

could not put this book down. Very much enjoyed it in it's entirety. Thank you for making it possible for those of us who have handy caps and are unable to get out often to shop for reading material.

Twain's insights into medieval thought show the advances that democracy and education brought about and make you thankful to be born in a time and place where 'Every man created free and equal 'has replaced the feudal system

About the author

Mark Twain was born Samuel L. Clemens in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He worked as a printer, and then became a steamboat pilot. He traveled throughout the West, writing humorous sketches for newspapers. In 1865, he wrote the short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which was very well received. He then began a career as a humorous travel writer and lecturer, publishing The Innocents Abroad in 1869, Roughing It in 1872, and, Gilded Age in 1873, which was co-authored with Charles Dudley Warner. His best-known works are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mississippi Writing: Life on the Mississippi, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He died of a heart attack on April 21, 1910.