num_pages: 320
description: Are you sick of US politics? Afraid of what will become of America because your chosen candidate didnt prevail? Do you believe the world is doomed now that King Donald has claimed the Oval Office throne? Refresh your spirit and allay your fears by laughing along with what Mark Twain might have written about todays political falderal. Entertaining. Publishers Weekly. WINNER 2016 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Medal for Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy. Morgan le Fay sixth-century Queen of Gore and the only major character not killed off by Mark Twain in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court vows revenge upon the Yankee Hank Morgan. She casts a spell to take her to 1879 Connecticut so she may waylay Sir Boss before he can travel back in time to destroy her world. But the spell misses by 300 miles and 200 years landing her in the Washington DC of 2079 replete with flying limousines hovering office buildings virtual-reality television and sundry other technological marvels. Whatever is a time-displaced queen of magic and minions to do? Why rebuild her kingdom of coursetwo kingdoms in fact: as Campaign Boss for the reelection of American President Malory Beckham Hinton and as owner of the London Knights world-champion baseball franchise. Written as though by the old master himself King Arthurs Sister in Washingtons Court by Mark Twain as channeled by Kim Iverson Headlee offers laughs love and a candid look at American society popular culture politics baseball and the human heart. CONTENTS List of Illustrations Preface A Word of Explanation Chapter I: Crownsville Chapter II: King Henrys Court Chapter III: Knights of Crownsville Chapter IV: Sir Kay and the Man Who Would Be Boss Chapter V: An Inspiration Chapter VI: The Eclipse Chapter VII: The Tower Chapter VIII: The Boss Chapter IX: The Tournament Chapter X: Beginning to Change Civilization Chapter XI: The Queen in Search of a Baseball Club Chapter XII: Slow Torture Chapter XIII: Free Agents! Chapter XIV: Defend the Banner! Chapter XV: Sandys Statistics Chapter XVI: Morgan le Fay Chapter XVII: A Baseball Banquet Chapter XVIII: In the Queens Dungeons Chapter XIX: Baseball as a Trade Chapter XX: The Ogres Stadium Chapter XXI: The Pilgrims Chapter XXII: The Crocodiles Chapter XXIII: Restoration of the Team Chapter XXIV: A Rival Player Chapter XXV: A Competitive Examination Chapter XXVI: The President in the Newspaper Chapter XXVII: The President and the Queen Travel Cognito Chapter XXVIII: Drilling the President Chapter XXIX: The Smallpox Hut Chapter XXX: The Tragedy of the Big House Chapter XXXI: Marco Chapter XXXII: Dowleys Humiliation Chapter XXXIII: Twenty-first Century Political Economy Chapter XXXIV: Slavery as a Career Chapter XXXV: A Pitiful Incident Chapter XXXVI: An Encounter in the Dark Chapter XXXVII: An Awful Predicament Chapter XXXVIII: Sandy and the Lawyers to the Rescue Chapter XXXIX: The Knights Fight with the Yankees Chapter XL: Three Years Later Chapter XLI: The Dictum Chapter XLII: War! Chapter XLIII: The Battle on the Salisbury Plain Chapter XLIV: A Postscript by the Scribe Final P.S. by C.C.
language: English
title: King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court
publisher: Lucky Bat Books