The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication Paperback - 2007
by John Steinbeck; Introduction by Robert E. Morsberger; Introduction by Katherine Morsberger
A work of antic political satire from an American master
In The Short Reign of Pippin IV, John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin's wife, Queen Marie, who "might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant"; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called "egg king" of Petaluma, California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians, guards and gardeners.
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In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV, John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin’s wife, Queen Marie, who might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant”; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called egg king” of Petaluma, California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians, guards and gardeners. This edition includes an introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger.
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- Title The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication
- Author John Steinbeck; Introduction by Robert E. Morsberger; Introduction by Katherine Morsberger
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New
- Pages 176
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143039464 / 0143039466
- Weight 0.31 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.73 x 5.15 x 0.47 in (19.63 x 13.08 x 1.19 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects France, Humorous stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006052750
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Library Journal, 06/01/2007, Page 171
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