A retelling of Mark Twain · 1889

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

“Knocked on the head in a Connecticut gun factory, Hank Morgan wakes in sixth-century Camelot, escapes the stake by predicting an eclipse, and sets out to modernise King Arthur's England — with newspapers, soap, telephones and, in the end, dynamite.”

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Contents7 episodes · ~26 min

  1. 1The Stranger, the Eclipse and the Boss (A Word of Explanation, Chapters 1–7)Free
  2. 2The Boss's Reforms and Sandy's Quest (Chapters 8–14)🔒
  3. 3Morgan le Fay and the Enchanted Princesses (Chapters 15–20)🔒
  4. 4The Valley of Holiness (Chapters 21–26)🔒
  5. 5The King Travels Incognito (Chapters 27–33)🔒
  6. 6Slaves in Their Own Kingdom (Chapters 34–38)🔒
  7. 7The Battle of the Sand-Belt (Chapters 39–44 and the Final P.S.)🔒