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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) Copyright, 1889 and 1899, by SAMUEL L. CLEMENS From The Writings of Mark Twain Volume XVI Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York PREFACE THE ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. It is not pretended that these laws and customs existed in England in the sixth century; no, it is only pretended that inasmuch as they existed in the English and other civilizations of far later times, it is safe to consider that it is no libel upon the sixth century to suppose them to have been in practice in that day also. One is quite justified in inferring that whatever one of these laws or customs was lacking in that remote time, its place was competently filled by a worse one. The question as to whether there is such a thing as divine right of kings is not settled in this book. It was found too difficult. That the executive he . . .
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