The Prince and the Pauper - Illustrated Edition

By: Mark Twain

The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. Set in 1547, it tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. I will set down a tale as it was told to me by one who had it of his father, which latter had it of HIS father, this last having in like manner had it of HIS father--and so on, back and still back, three hundred years and more, the fathers transmitting it to the sons and so preserving it. It may be history, it may be only a legend, a tradition. It may have happened, it may not have happened: but it COULD have happened. It may be that the wise and the learned believed it in the old days; it may be that only the unlearned and the simple loved it and credited it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521355185
• ISBN13: 9781521355183
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"