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Book Reviews of The Short Reign of Pippin IV

The Short Reign of Pippin IV
The Short Reign of Pippin IV
Author: John Steinbeck
ISBN-13: 9780140042900
ISBN-10: 0140042903
Publication Date: 1968
Pages: 165
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Penguin
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed The Short Reign of Pippin IV on + 6 more book reviews
A solidly middle-class Frenchman who has the grave misfortune of being a distant relative of Charlemagne is "elected King" of France. Hilarity ensues.
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Quite funny. The names of the parliament members (Le Comte de Quatre Chats) and the frustrations of King Pippin's wife that he is not "helping" around the house are quite funny. The idea that France is not France without some sort of revolution (and thus the need for a king) is quite good. Unusual book for Steinbeck, but silly nonetheless.