Viking Adult. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Book Club edition. In protective mylar cover. (france, politics and government, satirical literature, kings and rulers ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Synopsis

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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One of the greatest novelist of our time. He really knows how to describe our tainted lives.

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Seller: Wonder Book (US)
Seller's Inventory #: SB02OS-01870
Title: The Short Reign of Pippin IV
Author: Steinbeck, John
Book Condition: Used - Good
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0670641715
ISBN 13: 9780670641710
Publisher: Viking Adult
Place of Publication: New York
This edition first published: 1957-01

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Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
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