I stumbled upon a book which has the potential of being the next big-budget Hollywood blockbuster.

It has all the elements…Time travel, adventure, high tech gadgets, battles, fights, comedy, tragedy, romance, Knights in shining armor….

What…wait.   Knights in shining armor??

Yep. You read that correctly.  Knights in shining armor.

The book is Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court. I picked up this book many years ago. I decided to give it a read once more during the summer months.

I encourage you to get a copy, settle in, and let it transport you.

It reads just like a movie. The only initial difficulty is adjusting to some of the Old English dialogue.  After a while, though, it becomes quite charming and you find yourself understanding exactly what the characters are saying.

You might be saying to yourself that this book was already made into a movie.  Well, yes. There’s the Bing Crosby musical version from the 1940s that most everyone knows.

There’s also a Will Rogers version from the 1930s.

Believe me, neither movie version is entirely faithful to the book. Those versions were inspired and based on the book, but obviously  Hollywood did a lot of rewriting.  For instance, In Bing Crosby’s version, a key scene is moved form the beginning to the end.

Will Rogers’ version, though, is fairly close to the book in some aspects.

But a new version that actually follows the book will have audiences siting up in their seats.

A Blockbuster for sure.  Read the book, You’ll agree.

Are you listening Hollywood?