Steinbeck, John,  1902-1968., <br/><br/>
The short reign of Pippin IV :  a fabrication /  [print] 
John Steinbeck ; introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger. 
 - New York :  Penguin Books,  (c)2007. 
 - xxxiv, 131 pages :  illustrations ;  20 cm. 
 - Penguin classics .
 - Penguin classics. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> In "The Short Reign of Pippin IV," John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Hristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippins 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780143039464 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006052750 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political satire.<br/>Kings and rulers--France--Fiction.<br/>Queens--France--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3537 PS3537.M884.S567 2007