What is the book A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court about?

Question

explain a paragh about that book please i need it

Answer 1

http://www.amazon.com/Connecticut-Yankee...

Answer 2

The novel explains the tale of Hank Morgan, 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.

The story itself begins in a first person narrative in Warwick Castle, where a man details his recollection of a tale told to him by a "curious stranger" who is personified as a Knight through his simple language and familiarity with ancient armor.[1]

After a brief tale of Sir Launcelot of Camelot and his role in slaying two giants from the third-person narrative, a man named Hank Morgan enters and, after being given whiskey by the narrator, he is persuaded to reveal more of his story. Described through first-person narrative as a man familiar of the firearms and machinery trade, Hank is a man who had reached a level of super-intendant due to his proficiency in firearms manufacturing, with two thousand subordinates. He describes the beginning of his tale by illustrating details a disagreement with his subordinates, where he sustained a head injury from a "crusher" to the head caused by a man named "Hercules" using a crowbar.[2] After passing out from the blow, Hank describes waking up underneath an oak tree in a rural area of Camelot where a Knight questions him for trespassing upon his land, and after establishing rapport, leads him towards Camelot castle. [3]

Hank is ridiculed at King Arthur's court for his strange appearance and dress, and sentenced by King Arthur's court (and particularly by the magician Merlin) to burn at the stake. By a miraculous stroke of luck, the date of the burning coincides with a historical solar eclipse in the year 528, which Hank had learned about in his own time. Recalling this fact, Hank uses it to convince the King and commoners that he possesses great power, by making it seem that he causes the eclipse of the sun at the moment when he is about to be burned at the stake. Following this act, he is liberated and given the position of principal minister to the King, and treated by all with utmost fear and awe. His celebrity brings him to be known by a new title, elected by the people: "The Boss." Hank is seen as not as a man, but a being of strange and mysterious powers.

This should help as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connectic...

EDIT: I got that summary from Wikipedia but if you are having a hard time understanding that here is a link to some more information from sparknotes: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/yankee/

Answer 3

The explanation given (posted) already by some other expert is nice, so I won't go into additional details.

I only wanted to let know that you can read the book free at:

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