A Yankee from Connecticut at the Court of King Arthur. The Prince and the Pauper

This collection includes the most mischievous of Mark Twain's satirical novels, A Yankee from Connecticut at the Court of King Arthur, and the captivating historical novel The Prince and the Pauper. A businesslike and unabashedly pushy American from Connecticut at... the end of the 19th century accidentally and magically ends up in the era of British King Arthur, in the year 528, where he decides to bring happiness to the backward Middle Ages through scientific and technological progress. A thrilling story filled with adventures about two boys from the 16th century who are as alike as two peas in a pod — the pauper Tom Canty from the poorest area of London and the future young English King Edward VI, who, due to a naive prank, have swapped places and have no idea how to return everything back…