The Jester

When they discover that laughter is missing from their kingdom, a jester and his helpmate set out on a quest to find it.

Prince John reigns over England now that his brother Richard Lionheart is not there. He exploits the people and wears Richard’s crown. Everyone fears this mean prince except for men like Robin Hood and girls like Angie! Angie roams the country on the back of her wonder horse Silver and comes across the most odd persons. She runs into knight Rush and his little son Arthur; she meets a merry rat catcher and finally returns to the camp of Robin Hood. Prince John then organizes an election. The man who becomes the Jester of Nottingham is allowed to reign the country for one week. The Prince does not know that King Richard has set foot on English ground again! Angie knows where she can find the king and the king uses her help and her wonder horses to retake control of the kingdom.

When Daniel Fox woke up one Monday morning at home in New York City, he thought it would be a day like any other. Little did he know that it was the day he would die. After a day witnessing the murder of an old man and being kidnapped from the Museum of Ancient History, Daniel Fox ends up in a waiting room, the waiting room that leads to the capital of the underworld, the great and most noble city of Arison. Gradually the world of Arison is revealed to Daniel, the classification by number and rule by the Elite Lower Lords. He seems to have a speical role to play, but why? And can he do what it takes? Join Daniel Fox on this non-stop adventure through worlds where things are not always quite as simple as they seem.

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In this lively work, Beatrice K. Otto takes us on a journey around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history—the court jester. Though not always clad in cap and bells, these witty, quirky characters crop up everywhere, from the courts of ancient China and the Mogul emperors of India to those of medieval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. With a wealth of anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations (including flip art), Otto brings to light little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on people with power and position and placing otherwise remote historical figures in a more idiosyncratic, intimate light. Most of the work on the court jester has concentrated on Europe; Otto draws on previously untranslated classical Chinese writings and other sources to correct this bias and also looks at jesters in literature, mythology, and drama. Written with wit and humor, Fools Are Everywhere is the most comprehensive look at these roguish characters who risked their necks not only to mock and entertain but also to fulfill a deep and widespread human and social need.