A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court
 

A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur\'s Court

by Mark Twain

In this biting satire by Twain, a 19th c. Yankee mechanic is knocked out during a brawl, and wakes to find himself in Camelot, A.D. 528, in King Arthur's Court. When the modern mechanic tries to cure society's ills (oppressed peasantry, evil church, etc.) with 19th c. industrial inventions like electricity and gunfire - all hell breaks loose! (read review)

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Do not confuse this book with the movie versions, none of which capture the horror nor the satire of Twain's original masterpiece. Second only to Huck Finn, read it!

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