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Description for Chaucer
Paperback. Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him. He was a royal servant, who was indicted for rape. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 colour plate section, b&w integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him. He was a royal servant, who was indicted for rape. He was captured in battle and held for ransom. He knew at first hand the most powerful people in the country and, as the king's servant; he was concerned with the most pressing events of the realm. Yet even in this crowded life he found ... Read more
Geoffrey Chaucer has some claim to being the greatest poet in the English language. Yet he has also been considered to be an invisible poet, self-depreciating and ironic, leaving only the breath of his comedy behind. In truth a great deal is known of him. He was a royal servant, who was indicted for rape. He was captured in battle and held for ransom. He knew at first hand the most powerful people in the country and, as the king's servant; he was concerned with the most pressing events of the realm. Yet even in this crowded life he found ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099287483
SKU
V9780099287483
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-20
About Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd is an award-winning historian, biographer, novelist, poet and broadcaster. He is the author of the acclaimed non-fiction bestsellers London: The Biography, Thames: Sacred River and London Under; biographies of figures including Charles Dickens, William Blake, Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock; and a multi-volume history of England. He has won the Whitbread Biography Award, the Royal Society ... Read more
Reviews for Chaucer
Like a bird of biographical prey, Ackroyd identifies his subject in an iconic image of Chaucer addressing the court of Richard II and swoops to investigate
Iain Finlayson
The Times
Extensively researched and elegantly written
Sally Cousins
Sunday Telegraph
Full, lively and eminently readable
Laurence Phelan
Independent on Sunday
Ackroyd's series ... Read more
Iain Finlayson
The Times
Extensively researched and elegantly written
Sally Cousins
Sunday Telegraph
Full, lively and eminently readable
Laurence Phelan
Independent on Sunday
Ackroyd's series ... Read more