A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

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Author: Mark Twain
First Published: 1889
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social satire
Time of Work: Sixth century
Setting: New England and England
Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Fantasy, Arthurian romance
Subjects: Magic or magicians, Politics, Nineteenth century, Social issues, New England, England or English people, Time travel, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, Fantasy, Middle Ages, Sixth century, Inventions or inventors, Knights or knighthood, Feudalism, Royal courts or courtiers, Chivalry
Locales: England, New England, Hartford, CT

Hank Morgan, called the Connecticut Yankee, an ingenious man who is struck on the head during a quarrel in a New England arms factory in the year 1879. He awakes in England, in June, 528, and is taken prisoner. About to be burned at the stake on the twenty-first of June, he remembers that there was a solar eclipse on that day. By prophesying the eclipse, he saves his life and discredits Merlin. Later, he is named “The Boss” and decides to raise the status of the common people through a variety of programs and innovations to be implemented over the next...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

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