The Short Reign of Pippin IV Author:John Steinbeck LA BELLE FRANCE was head-over-heels in the worst Government crisis of all time - and fifty million Frenchmen, from the biggest Cabinet Minister to the littlest fille de joie, decided that what their country needed was A KING! — So they nominated quiet, unassuming M. Pippin Arnulf Heristal, and amateur stargazer, lineal descendant of Charlemagne,... more » who looked as if he'd take orders from the gatekeeper's dog.
But, soon as they slapped the crown on his head, Pippin IV jumped off his throne and started a triumphantly screwy, utterly different, brand-new French Revolution...« less