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1 online resource (1 audio file (23hr., 17 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Narrated by Antony Ferguson and Ralph Lister. |
| Summary |
It is 1398, and all of Europe is abuzz about the duel to be fought in September between Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, and Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, to settle the question of which one has committed treason against King Richard II. But, unexpectedly, Geoffrey Chaucer, courtier and well-known poet, is drawn into the intrigue surrounding the impending duel and compelled to perform an act so heinous that he is shaken to the core. The journal Chaucer begins to describe these events and keeps for the remaining two and a half years of his life chronicles his unlikely rise as the son of a middle-class wine broker to become not only the preeminent poet of his age but the brother-in-law of John of Gaunt, uncle to the king, at times the most powerful man in England and, with his three wives, the ancestor of every ruler of England since the year 1400. This novel provides a fascinating look into life in late fourteenth century England, the women and men Chaucer loves, the intrigues of the Richardian court, and what compels someone who holds some of the most important jobs in the English bureaucracy to spend his nights writing poetry that is still being read and studied six hundred years after his death. June 1, 1398sub- Perhaps...June 2, 1398This Passing WorldMay 3, 1398, A.D.May 4, 1398May 5, 1398May 10, 1398May 18, 1398May 24, 1398May 27, 1398June 3, 1398June 9, 1398June 10, 1398June 11, 1398June 12, 1398June 13, 1398June 17, 1398June 19, 1398June 27, 1398June 30, 1398June 3, 1398July 6, 1398July 10, 1398July 12, 1398July 14, 1398July 15, 1398July 17, 1309July 17, 1398July 19, 1398July 30, 1398August 5, 1398August 11, 1398August 12, 1398August 15, 1398August 15, 1398August 21, 1398August 30, 1398September 4, 1398September 10, 1398September 12, 1398September 13, 1398September 17, 1398September 17, 1398September 15, 1398Some Cultural Idiosyncrasies of 14th Century Englandsub- Although...sub- By...sub- While...sub- Wealth...sub- Because...sub- Privacy...sub- Flowers...sub- Medical...sub- Time-keeping...sub- London...sub- During...sub- Although...Translator's Notesub- One...sub- This...sub- Of...sub- the...sub- The...sub- No...sub- While...sub- Leaving...sub- The...sub- In...sub- One...sub- Medieval...sub- With...Translator's Final NoteSeptmeber 30, 1398September 30, 1398October 4, 1398October 14, 1398January 6, 1399January 12, 1399February 5, 1399March 3, 1399April 24, 1399May 4, 1399July 10, 1399July 19, 1399August 1, 1399August 20, 1399August 29, 1399September 5, 1399September 25, 1399September 30, 1399Relevant Genealogy and HistoryOctober 7, 1399October 14, 1399October 19, 1399November 22, 1399November 23, 1399December 29, 1399January 6, 1400January 17, 1400February 15, 1400March 10, 1400March 15, 1400April 24, 1400April 30, 1400May 3, 1400May 4, 1400June 16, 1400July 15, 1400August 12, 1400August 14, 1398September 24, 1400October 1, 1400October 5, 1400October 12, 1400October 22, 1400October 23, 1400October 25, 1400November 22, 1400 |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Lister, Ralph.
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Ferguson, Antony.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781094022468 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1094022462 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13315706 |
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