%0 Book %A Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968 %I Viking Press %D 1957 %C New York %G English %T The short reign of Pippin IV : a fabrication %X A satire on French politics follows the fate of amateur astronomer Pippin Heristal after he is drafted to rule the unruly French. Bored, Pippin is instrumental in starting a revolution.