Chaucer - Rilegato

Ackroyd, Peter

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ISBN 10: 0385507976 ISBN 13: 9780385507974

Casa editrice: Nan a Talese, 2005

Riassunto

The first in a series of concise biographies profiles the eventful life of master fourteenth-century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, offering a richly detailed multifaceted account of Chaucer's colorful life as a courtier, diplomat, and literary luminary, who was also indicted for rape, sued for debt, and captured in battle. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

Chaucer is the first of a new series of short biographies, which I am writing with the purpose of bringing to life some of the most important men and women in the history of the world. There is no better agent of human understanding and human knowledge than the course of a single life, with all the events and aspirations, ambitions and achievements, which may accompany it. To enter the consciousness and personality of a man or woman, of any period, is to see that period from within.” —Peter Ackroyd

L'autore:

PETER ACKROYD is the author of the recent bestselling books London and the award-winningLife of Thomas More. His early works include The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde, which received the Somerset Maugham Award;Hawksmoor, winner of both the Whitbread Novel of the Year and the GuardianFiction Award; and Chatterton, which was short-listed for the Booker Prize. His most recent novel,The Clerkenwell Tales, is a thriller set in medieval London, which was inspired by his Chaucer short biography. He lives in London, England, and is completing his Shakespeare biography and a new novel.

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• Editore: Nan a Talese
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0385507976
• ISBN 13: 9780385507974
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 188