A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
An engineer from 19th-century Connecticut is sent back in time to King Arthur’s medieval England.
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1889
Latest release
Oct 9, 2026
Pages
400
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
Table of Contents
- Preface
- A Word of Explanation
- I. Camelot
- II. King Arthur’s Court
- III. Knights of the Table Round
- IV. Sir Dinadan the Humorist
- V. An Inspiration
- VI. The Eclipse
- VII. Merlin’s Tower
- VIII. The Boss
- IX. The Tournament
- Beginnings of Civilization
- XI. The Yankee in Search of Adventures
- XII. Slow Torture
- XIII. Freemen
- XIV. “Defend Thee, Lord!”
- XV. Sandy’s Tale
- XVI. Morgan le Fay
- XVII. A Royal Banquet
- XVIII. In the Queen’s Dungeons
- XIX. Knight-Errantry as a Trade
- XX. The Ogre’s Castle
- XXI. The Pilgrims
- XXII. The Holy Fountain
- XXIII. Restoration of the Fountain
- XXIV. A Rival Magician
- XXV. A Competitive Examination
- XXVI. The First Newspaper
- XXVII. The Yankee and the King Travel Incognito
- XXVIII. Drilling the King
- XXIX. The Smallpox Hut
- The Tragedy of the Manor-House
- XXXI
- XXXII. Dowley’s Humiliation
- XXXIII. Sixth Century Political Economy
- XXXIV. The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves
- XXXV. A Pitiful Incident
- XXXVI. An Encounter in the Dark
- XXXVII. An Awful Predicament
- XXXVIII. Sir Launcelot and Knights to the Rescue
- XXXIX. The Yankee’s Fight with the Knights
- XL. Three Years Later
- XLI. The Interdict
- XLII. Civil War
- XLIII. The Battle of the Sand-Belt
- XLIV. A Postscript
- Final P.S. by M. T.