A YANKEE AT THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR
by TWAIN Mark
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- Seller
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Dulverton, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus, 1921. 071823057x. New imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (spine faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 298 (previous owner's neat gift inscription on title page).
Synopsis
The original American satiristCracked on the head by a crowbar in nineteenth-century Connecticut, Hank Morgan wakes to find himself in King Arthur's England. Branded by Twain's aptitude for broad comedy and biting social satire, the grim truths of Twain's Camelot-fear, injustice, ignorance-resound as clearly now as when it was written
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- Bookseller
- Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 116643
- Title
- A YANKEE AT THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR
- Author
- TWAIN Mark
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus, 1921. 071823057x
- Keywords
- Literature
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