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      The Short Reign of Pippin IV

      by John Steinbeck
      Published
      Jan 1957
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      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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      May 1994 Penguin ISBN13 9780140187496 ISBN10 0140187499
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      Jan 2001 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780141186054 ISBN10 0141186054
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      May 2007 Penguin ISBN13 9780143039464 ISBN10 0143039466
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      Jan 1957 Viking ISBN13 9780670641710 ISBN10 0670641715
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      Apr 2007 Penguin ISBN13 9781440628627 ISBN10 1440628629
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      Apr 2007 Penguin Classic ISBN10 B001NJA92G
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      Jun 2012 Recorded Books ISBN13 9781464001642 ISBN10 1464001642
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