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EPISODE · Jan 4, 2017 · 11H 43M

A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur (Written by Mark Twain)

from Access Essential Free Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Suspense · host Mark Twain

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/427763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur Author: Mark Twain Narrator: John Greenman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Hank Morgan, a mechanic at a gun factory, is knocked unconscious and wakes up in England in the year 528. After he is captured and taken to Camelot, he is put before the knights of King Arthur’s Round Table where he is condemned to death. However, he remembers having read of an eclipse on the day of his execution and he astonishes the court by predicting the phenomenon. Hank is made minister to the ineffectual king and in an effort to bring democratic principles and mechanical knowledge to the kingdom, he strings telephone wire, starts schools, trains mechanics, and teaches journalism. He also falls in love and marries. But Hank is not popular with everyone – will someone find a way to get rid of him and send him back to his own time? - Mark Twain, pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (1835-1910), was an American humorist, lecturer, journalist and novelist who acquired international fame for his adventure stories of boyhood, especially 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' as well as for his travel narratives, especially 'The Innocents Abroad', 'Roughing It', and 'Life on the Mississippi'. Twain transcended the apparent limitations of his origins to become a popular public figure and one of America’s most beloved writers.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/427763 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Connecticut Yankee at the Court of King Arthur Author: Mark Twain Narrator: John Greenman Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 43 minutes Release date: January 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Suspense Publisher's Summary: Hank Morgan, a mechanic at a gun factory, is knocked unconscious and wakes up in England in the year 528. After he is captured and taken to Camelot, he is put before the knights of King Arthur’s Round Table where he is condemned to death. However, he remembers having read of an eclipse on the day of his execution and he astonishes the court by predicting the phenomenon. Hank is made minister to the ineffectual king and in an effort to bring democratic principles and mechanical knowledge to the kingdom, he strings telephone wire, starts schools, trains mechanics, and teaches journalism. He also falls in love and marries. But Hank is not popular with everyone – will someone find a way to get rid of him and send him back to his own time? - Mark Twain, pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (1835-1910), was an American humorist, lecturer, journalist and novelist who acquired international fame for his adventure stories of boyhood, especially 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' as well as for his travel narratives, especially 'The Innocents Abroad', 'Roughing It', and 'Life on the Mississippi'. Twain transcended the apparent limitations of his origins to become a popular public figure and one of America’s most beloved writers.

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