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Chaucer / Peter Ackroyd.
Profiles the eventful life of master fourteenth-century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, recounting his life as a courtier, diplomat, and literary luminary, who was also indicted for rape, sued for debt, and captured in battle.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385507976
- ISBN: 9780385507974
- Physical Description: xviii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
- Edition: 1st ed. in the U.S.A.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2005.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Great Britain in 2004 by Chatto & Windus"--T.p. verso. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The Londoner -- A courtly training -- The diplomat -- An Italian connection -- The civil servant -- The court of the boy king -- A nest of troubles -- Bloody revolt -- The affairs of Troy -- Residence in Kent -- The tales of Canterbury -- Last years. |
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| Subject: | Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Poets, English > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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