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The Short Reign of Pippin IV : A Fabrication

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Steinbeck's only work of political satire turns the French Revolution on its head, as amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal is drafted in to rule the unruly French.

Enchanting comedy ensues as Steinbeck creates the most hilarious royal court ever around the brief, bold reign of the corduroy-clad Pippin, his social-climbing wife Maria, his star-struck daughter Clotilde and her Californian beau, Todd.

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Product Details
Penguin Classics
0141186054 / 9780141186054
Paperback / softback
813.52
18/01/2001
United Kingdom
English
Classics
188p. : ill.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: New York: Viking; 1957; London: Penguin, 1977.