TY - BOOK AU - Twain,Mark TI - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8 AV - PS PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Fantasy fiction KW - Satire KW - Knights and knighthood -- Fiction KW - Arthurian romances -- Adaptations KW - Time travel -- Fiction KW - Americans -- Great Britain -- Fiction KW - Kings and rulers -- Fiction KW - Britons -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur%27s_Court; Release date is 2004-07-07; Produced by David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8." by Mark Twain is a historical novel published in 1889. A 19th-century engineer named Hank Morgan awakens in medieval England after a blow to the head. Using his modern knowledge, he convinces people he's a powerful magician and becomes King Arthur's chief advisor. He attempts to modernize society and implement democratic reforms, but faces opposition from Merlin, the nobility, and the Catholic Church. Twain's satirical tale critiques feudalism and monarchy while questioning capitalism and industrial progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7249 ER -