Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur S Court

Author : Martha Wells
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250872777

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City of Bones by Martha Wells Pdf

Before Martha Wells captured the hearts of MILLIONS with her Murderbot series, there was Khat, Sagai, and Elen, and a city risen out of death and decay... The city of Charisat, a tiered monolith of the Ancients’ design, sits on the edge of the vast desert known as the Waste. Khat, a member of a humanoid race created by the Ancients to survive in the Waste, and Sagai, his human partner, are relic dealers working in the bottom tiers of society, trying to stay one step ahead of the Trade Inspectors. When Khat is hired by the all-powerful Warders to find relics believed to be part of one of the Ancients' arcane engines, he, and his party, begin unravelling the mysteries of an age-old technology. This they expected. They soon find themselves as the last line of defense between the suffering masses of Charisat and a fanatical cult, bent on unleashing an evil upon the city with an undying thirst for bone. That, they did not expect. This updated and revised edition is the author’s preferred text. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Suzannah Rowntree
Publisher : Bocfodder Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Wind from the Wilderness by Suzannah Rowntree Pdf

Hunted by demons. Lost in time. Welcome to the First Crusade. Syria, 636: As heretic invaders circle Jerusalem, young Lukas Bessarion vows to defend his people. Instead, disaster strikes. His family is ripped apart. His allies are slaughtered. And Lukas is hurled across the centuries to a future where his worst nightmares have come true... Constantinople, 1097: Ayla may be a heretic beggar, but she knows one thing for sure: six months from now, she will die. Before then, she must avenge her father’s murder—or risk losing her soul. Desperate to find their way home, Lukas and Ayla join the seven armies marching east to liberate Jerusalem. If Lukas succeeds in his quest, he’ll undo the invasion and change the course of history. But only as long as Ayla never finds out who he really is… Dark magic, bloody warfare, and star-crossed love collide in this “utterly enthralling” historical fantasy perfect for fans of Outlander and City of Brass (The Fantasy Hive). Read 2020 SPFBO finalist A Wind from the Wilderness today! (Content Warning: The author has provided a content warning for character death and child harm/endangerment)

Author : Mark Twain,Alan Hines
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-29
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0194234118

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Oxford Bookworms Library: Starter: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain,Alan Hines Pdf

Word count 890 Suitable for young learners

Author : Kim Iverson Headlee
Publisher : Lucky Bat Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939051721

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King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court by Kim Iverson Headlee Pdf

How sick are you of US politics? How doomed is the world because of who has claimed the Oval Office throne—er, chair? Refresh your spirit by laughing along with what Mark Twain might have written about today’s political falderal. “Solidly entertaining.” —Publishers Weekly WINNER 2016 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for Science Fiction & Fantasy. Morgan le Fay, sixth-century Queen of Gore and the only major character not killed off by Mark Twain in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, vows revenge upon the Yankee Hank Morgan. She casts a spell to take her to 1879 Connecticut so she may waylay Sir Boss before he can travel back in time to destroy her world. But the spell misses by 300 miles and 200 years, landing her in the Washington, D.C., of 2079, replete with flying limousines, hovering office buildings, virtual-reality television, and sundry other technological marvels. Whatever is a time-displaced queen of magic and minions to do? Why, rebuild her kingdom, of course—two kingdoms, in fact: as Campaign Boss for the reelection of American President Malory Beckham Hinton, and as owner of the London Knights world-champion baseball franchise. Written as though by the old master himself, King Arthur’s Sister in Washington’s Court by Mark Twain as channeled by Kim Iverson Headlee offers laughs, love, and a candid look at American society, popular culture, politics, baseball… and the human heart. Mark Twain began work on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in 1879—the same year the Yankee Hank Morgan departed for his sojourn in sixth-century Britain. The first edition was published in 1889 and features more than 200 illustrations by the man who later would become founder of the Boy Scouts of America, Daniel Carter Beard. These illustrations are now in the public domain, and a handful have been incorporated into King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court as an artistic homage to this classic edition of the first time travel story in all literature.

Author : R. A. Waldron
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0810103281

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by R. A. Waldron Pdf

Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786568052

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) by Mark Twain Pdf

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Mark Twain’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Twain includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Twain’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EHC:148101001072P

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain Pdf

The Yankee is a product of nineteenth-century America and detests the unfairness inherent in sixth-century institutions of inherited rank and social stratification. He blames the Catholic Church for providing justifications for social inequality, and he wants to destroy the Church's potential for abuse by breaking it into separate sects that people could join at will. The Yankee is an idealist and believes firmly in the power of technology to improve people's lives and bring about positive social change. In the end, though, as R. L. Fisher observes, the book loses its idealistic tone, and the promise of technology falls short of the Yankee's lofty goals: "For while it mocks the British monarchy, it also makes a mockery of Hank Morgan's hope that technology might further the moral improvement of humanity."

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1979-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780520036215

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain Pdf

This tale takes place in Sixth-Century England in Camelot where King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table live. Hank Morgan finds himself there after he is mysteriously transported there from his home in Nineteenth-Century New England. Although this story is very funny, it still hits on serious topics like; white slavery , prejudice, confiscation of property in event of suicide, and the influence of the Church on the people. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : BookRix
Page : 713 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783730989012

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Illustrated) by Mark Twain Pdf

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 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 it, 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 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, and severely inconvenienced by the weight and cumbersome nature of his armor.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : OCLC:44200760

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Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Anonim Pdf

Presents the text of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," written by Mark Twain (1835-1910) and published as part of the Online Literature Library. Offers access to each chapter and to other Twain works.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:883312079

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lyon Sprague De Camp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Rome (Italy)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041274056

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Lest Darkness Fall by Lyon Sprague De Camp Pdf

"Martin Padway was a smart enough young man, with a scientific education, but no universal genius. He had the misfortune to be dropped back suddenly into a former time, and a very alarming time at that -- sixth-century Rome, when the Goths ruled Italy and civilization in the West was collapsing. To make a living, and to try to shore up civilization, Padway undertook to introduce inventions ... . Some worked and some didn't ..."--Jacket, back inside flap.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101907726

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Collected Nonfiction of Mark Twain, Volume 2 by Mark Twain Pdf

The second of two hardcover volumes collecting the major nonfiction by the "father of American literature," including excerpts from The Innocents Abroad, Roughing It, A Tramp Abroad, and Life on the Mississippi. Twain’s playful exuberance and remarkable storytelling gifts are on full display as he regales readers with real-life adventures in these rollicking, shrewd, and hilarious autobiographical works. In these pages, we follow him through his stint as a fledgling reporter out West to his attempt to navigate a steamboat on the Mississippi River, and all during his experiences as an irreverent and skeptical traveler through Europe and the Holy Land. Gleefully iconoclastic, whether he is puncturing the pretensions of others or aiming his satirical barbs squarely at himself, Twain also proves to be deeply compassionate, as fierce in his condemnation of injustice as he is skillful in mining the humor in human folly. Long hailed as “the Lincoln of our literature,” Twain harbored as rich and fertile a blend of contradictions as the dynamic nation he came to embody—and define.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : United States
ISBN : 0060802790

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A Pen Warmed-up in Hell by Mark Twain Pdf

Short writings and segments of longer prose works containing critical and ironic treatments of war and social injustice by the famous Missouri story-teller.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798518309548

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain Pdf

A Connecticut Yankee in king Arthur's Court 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 named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is somehow transported in time and space to England during the reign of King Arthur. After some initial confusion and his capture by one of Arthur's knights, Hank realizes that he is actually in the past, and he uses his knowledge to make people believe that he is a powerful magician. He attempts to modernize the past in order to make people's lives better, 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.