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King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court Review

11/30/2015

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 Morgan le Fay, 6th-century Queen of Gore and the only major character not killed off by Mark Twain in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s 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, D.C., 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 course—two 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 Arthur’s Sister in Washington’s 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.
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Excerpt One:
(Preface)
 
I’M GIVEN TO understand some of my posthumous critics have intimated that I was jealous of Jules Verne—that maybe I even felt threatened by him. I have never heard such cocky popping beetle dung in my entire death.
 
Verne was a hack of the First Order whose publisher (engaged after he had inflicted two decades of the most unengaging whining and pleading, pining and wheedling upon all the other High Lords of Bookdom) viewed it necessary to transform his dyspeptic drivel into something within shouting distance of palatability for the reading public. Jules Verne didn’t invent science fiction; his publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, did,—and I’m sorry I wasn’t born a couple of decades sooner to save everyone the time, trouble, and confusion.
 
As for this book, here I confess it’s long past overdue. I buried one clue in the joined opposites of Hank Morgan, Technology-Wielder, and Morgan le Fay, Magic-Wielder. Furthermore, Mrs. le Fay was the only important character in A Connecticut Yankee whom I didn’t kill off, of the thousands I did lasso, hang, shoot, electrocute, explode, drown, torpedo, and otherwise murder. Unfortunately, certain Weightier Matters contravened my intent, and I never put pen to parchment to commence the duologue’s conclusion within my lifetime. That nobody acted upon my clues in the hundred years since my sadly unexaggerated demise, speaks to the fact that I’ve been waiting till I’m well and truly dead before whispering my words into the quick and able ear of my chosen Ghost-Writer. For the matters depicted herein, of course, are things which ought to be settled. I don’t have anything else in particular to do in eternity anyway.

3.5/5  REVIEW

King Arthur’s Sister in Washington’s Court is a take-off on Mark Twain’s beloved classic, A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. Only in this case a medieval woman time travels forward into the future with complications resulting.

The author pretends to channel Mark Twain and writes in a way that seems to be similar to Twain’s and a medieval manuscript. She also includes lovely illustrations and clever chapter titles. The book is an amusing read for those familiar with the original Twain Tale. If not familiar, then slide on over to Cliff notes to better understand the novel. The amusement comes from knowing the original.

 
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11/30/2015 02:12:26 am

Thanks for hosting!

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Mai T.
11/30/2015 04:11:05 am

If you knew you would die tomorrow, would you feel cheated today?

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11/30/2015 03:02:25 pm

No, I would be too busy living my last moments to waste any on negative feelings such as that! :)
Thanks for visiting, and good luck in the contest,
<a href="http://Author.to/Kim_Headlee_Amazon_page">Kim Headlee</a>
Stories make us greater.

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11/30/2015 03:00:13 pm

Thank you for hosting and reviewing #KASIWC, and the <a href="http://viewBook.at/KASWIC_by_Mark_Twain_and_KIH_paperback">paperback</a> and <a href="http://myBook.to/KASWIC_by_Mark_Twain_and_KIH_hardcover">hardcover</a> editions are now on sale!
Happy holidays,
<a href="http://Author.to/Kim_Headlee_Amazon_page">Kim Headlee</a>
Stories make us greater.

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