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1889 edition, illustrated A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American 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. 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, severely inconvenienced by the weight and cumbersome nature of his armor. _________________________ "The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. It is not pretended that these laws and customs existed in England in the sixth century; no, it is only pretended that inasmuch as they existed in the English and other civilizations of far later times, it is safe to consider that it is no libel upon the sixth century to suppose them to have been in practice in that day also. One is quite justified in inferring that whatever one of these laws or customs was lacking in that remote time, its place was competently filled by a worse one. The question as to whether there is such a thing as divine right of kings is not settled in this book. It was found too difficult. That the executive head of a nation should be a person of lofty character and extraordinary ability, was manifest and indisputable; that none but the Deity could select that head unerringly, was also manifest and indisputable; that the Deity ought to make that selection, then, was likewise manifest and indisputable; consequently, that He does make it, as claimed, was an unavoidable deduction. I mean, until the author of this book encountered the Pompadour, and Lady Castlemaine, and some other executive heads of that kind; these were found so difficult to work into the scheme, that it was judged better to take the other tack in this book (which must be issued this fall), and then go into training and settle the question in another book. It is, of course, a thing which ought to be settled, and I am not going to have anything particular to do next winter anyway." MARK TWAIN HARTFORD, July 21, 1889 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court By Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 1889 1st Edition Illustrated Selling on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain New York: Charles L Webster & Company 1889 First edition Children's Illustrated; Cookbooks Food; Erotica; History; Judaica; Language; Literature; Manuscript A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Illustrated A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Illustrated) Arthur's Court (Illustrated) Kindle Edition A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an Mark Twain Uniform Editions - Ch 19 - A Connecticut Yankee UNIFORM EDITIONS OF MARK TWAIN'S WORKS A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Beard's illustration for King Arthur from the 1889 first edition: Beard A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - Wikipedia A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 edition 1889 Twain first conceived of the idea behind A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court( 1889) By Buy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court( 1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court: Illustrated A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court: Premium King Arthur's Court: Premium Edition A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court eBay for a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court In King Arthur's Court 1889 (Canadian Edition) A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthurs Court Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court: By Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court: By Mark Twain - Illustrated eBook: A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court: By Mark Twain - Illustrated A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT admired by Arthur himself But the Connecticut Yankee wishes for more Illustrated (illustrator) Edition Not
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