A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Age range 9 to 11
Follow 19th Century American Hank Morgan as he finds himself in England during the time of King Arthur and embarks on a quest to modernise Camelot with electricity and gunfire.
Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Arthur Conan Doyle and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.
This new Paperback Replica edition is part of a continuing effort to make Classics Illustrated available to all, be they young readers just beginning their journeys into the great world of classic literature, or collectors who have fond memories of this much loved comic book series.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (pen name Mark Twain) (30 November 1835 - 21 April 1910) was an American author, whose notable works include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Jack Sparling (June 1916 - February 1997) was a Canadian comic illustrator. In the 1950s he illustrated two of Gilberton's Classics Illustrated; Robin Hood and Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.