A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 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.
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.
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9/7/2018 - Probious (Rating: 4 / 5)
Quite a thrilling little read, understandibly funny.
3/31/2018 - Top 100 Books To Read (Rating: 5 / 5)
This novel is on the list of Top 100 Books to Read during your life time.
2/4/2018 - Argentine Bopy (Rating: 3 / 5)
Quite a humorous and science fiction type of strange book, well worth the read.
12/22/2017 - Robert Baca (Rating: 4 / 5)
What a great writer he was. You never think about it till you actually read what he wrote, and then it hits you: This is a classic for a reason!