The Thirty-first of June

By J.B. Priestley

Book Overview

This satirical fable tells the story of Sam Penty, an artist in an advertising agency. Penty is spirited off to the kingdom of Peradore in Arthurian England and falls in love with Princess Melicent,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1941147216
• ISBN13: 9781941147214
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Valancourt Books
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Delightful..

The medieval world invades the modern world in this enchanting tale of Arthurian princesses and enchantors, modern-day advertising agency personnel, magic mirrors and television.An enchantor named Malgrim has given Princess Melicent of Camelot a magic mirror in which she can see the face of anyone who thinks of her. Meanwhile, in the 20th century, Sam Penty, dreaming up a new campaign for his ad agency's stocking account, thinks of using an illustration of an Arthurian princess. Naturally, Melicent sees Sam's face in her mirror and falls in love with him.Then some others get involved and start switching the faces around for the campaign and suddenly Melicent ends up on t.v. and Sam ends up smack in a fight with a Red Knight.Will these two end up in the same century together in the end? Read the book and find out.