A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court. ( NOVEL ) By: Mark Twain (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781542849357)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Some early editions are titled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur. In the book, 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 that 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. He attempts to modernize the past, but in the end he is unable to prevent the death of Arthur and an interdict against him by the Catholic Church of the time, which grows fearful of his power.

Author: Mark Twain
ISBN-10: 1542849357
ISBN-13: 9781542849357
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 01/31/2017
Pages: 506
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.56lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.02d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.2
Point Value: 21
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 527 / Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court