A review by unclesamb
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

4.0

Interesting satire of both the Middle Ages and the Gilded Age. Yankee wakes up in sixth century England and immediately starts bringing modern civilization, founding first a patent office, then building telegraphs, electric lights, schools, Protestant churches, and many other things. Twain uses it to show the backwardness of the Dark Ages, but also to show the brutality of technology and how it ravages Arthur's court. Very interesting stuff.