been crowded, garish, noisy, and commercial. Just as he begins to really enjoy himself as a thoroughly medieval man, Mr. Sorrell is rather frustratingly thrust back to the 20th Century – a modern man wiser for having been instructed by the people (especially the women) of the past, and having "learned the wisdom of history". See also A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court References Richard A. Cassell, "The Two Sorrells of Ford Madox Ford", in "Modern Philology", Vol. 59, No. 2 (Nov., 1961), pp. 114–121 1911 British novels 1911 science fiction novels British science fiction novels Novels about time travel Novels set in the Middle Ages Novels by Ford Madox Ford Constable & Co. books