A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

by Mark Twain, United Holdings Group (Created by)

Overview

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was written by Mark Twain and first published in 1889. This tells the tale of a 19th-century citizen of Hartford, Connecticut who awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur in AD 528.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012583031
Publisher:	United Holdings Group
Publication date:	05/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	524 KB

About the Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), best known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an author and humorist noted for the novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (which has been called "The Great American Novel") and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, among many other books. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and he spent time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before finding fame as a writer.

Date of Birth:

November 30, 1835

Date of Death:

April 21, 1910

Place of Birth:

Florida, Missouri

Place of Death:

Redding, Connecticut