The Short Reign of Pippin IV
192 pages
|Published: 15 Apr 1957
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Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
Publication date: 1 January 2001
Description
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.
