A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's court

by Mark Twain

Other authorsDan Beard
Paperback, 1971

Collection

Status

Available

Description

Classic Literature. Fantasy. Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) HTML: In Mark Twain's 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Hank Morgan awakes from a blow to the head only to find that he has been mysteriously transported back in time. It is early medieval England, the time of King Arthur and Hank is taken to the Camelot castle by a Knight of the King's. Ridiculed for his funny manner and dress sense, and sentenced to burn at the stake, Hank recovers through an incredible stroke of luck, and in doing so convinces the superstitious King and his subjects that he possesses great powers..

Publication

Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1971.

ISBN

0140430644 / 9780140430646

Pages

410

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1889
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