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| Author | : Terry Jones |
| Publisher | : Politicos Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 424 |
| Release | : 2013-09 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780413777355 |
Geoffrey Chaucer was a spy, a diplomat, and England's finest poet, and yet nothing is known of his death; after 1400, his name simply disappears from the record. Was he the victim of a political murder? In this book, Terry Jones reassesses Chaucer's work and the turbulent times in which he lived.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Murder |
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An investigation into the mystery of Geoffrey Chaucer's death, written by a respected medievalist best known for his work with Monty Python, with the help of a group of expert "witnesses," evaluates the celebrated writer's sudden disappearance from the public record and examines evidence that he may have been murdered.
| Author | : Terry Jones |
| Publisher | : St. Martin's Griffin |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2006-06-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780312335885 |
In this spectacular work of historical speculation Terry Jones investigates the mystery surrounding the death of Geoffrey Chaucer over 600 years ago. A diplomat and brother-in-law to John of Gaunt, one of the most powerful men in the kingdom, Chaucer was celebrated as his country's finest living poet, rhetorician and scholar: the preeminent intellectual of his time. And yet nothing is known of his death. In 1400 his name simply disappears from the record. We don't know how he died, where or when; there is no official confirmation of his death and no chronicle mentions it; no notice of his funeral or burial. He left no will and there's nothing to tell us what happened to his estate. He didn't even leave any manuscripts. How could this be? What if he was murdered? Terry Jones' hypothesis is the introduction to a reading of Chaucer's writings as evidence that might be held against him, interwoven with a portrait of one of the most turbulent periods in English history, its politics and its personalities.
| Author | : Terry Jones |
| Publisher | : Methuen Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017-07 |
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| ISBN | : 9780413777348 |
Fourth edition of Terry Jones's groundbreaking study, featuring new material and research Since it was first published in 1980, Terry Jones's study of Geoffrey Chaucer's Knight has proved to be one of the most enduringly popular and controversial books ever to hit the world of Chaucer scholarship. Jones questions the accepted view of the Knight as a paragon of Christian chivalry, and argues that he is in fact no more than a professional mercenary who has spent his life in the service of petty despots and tyrants around the world. This edition includes astonishing new evidence from Jones, who argues that the character of the Knight was actually based on Sir John Hawkwood (d.1394), a marauding English freebooter and mercenary who pillaged his way across northern Italy during the 14th century, running protection rackets on the Italian Dukes and creating a vast fortune in the process.
| Author | : Philippa Morgan |
| Publisher | : Carroll & Graf Pub |
| Total Pages | : 341 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780786714667 |
Sent on a diplomatic mission to France, medieval English poet Geoffrey Chaucer finds himself in the middle of furor when his host is killed in a hunting "accident" and he must uncover the culprit before he is accused of the crime.
| Author | : Paul Doherty |
| Publisher | : Headline |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2012-11-27 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0755350510 |
As the travellers gather in the Tabard Inn at the start of a pilgrimage to Canterbury, they agree to amuse themselves on each day of their journey with one tale and each evening with another - but the latter to be of mystery, terror and murder. And so begins the Knight's tale. It opens with the destruction of a sinister cult at its stronghold in the wilds of Oxfordshire during the reign of William the Conqueror, and then moves to Oxford some two hundred years later where terrible murders are being committed. The authorities seem powerless but the Abbess of the Convent of St Anne's, believes the murders are connected with the legends of the cult and she petitions the King for help. As the murders continue unabated, special commissioner Sir Godfrey Evesden uncovers clues that lead to a macabre world sect, which worships the dark lord. But he can find no solution to a series of increasingly baffling questions and matters soon worsen...
| Author | : Mary Devlin |
| Publisher | : iUniverse |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2000-07 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0595098789 |
Geoffrey Chaucer uses his keen insights into human nature to track down the murderer of the gypsy, Sophia, on the road to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket at Canterbury.
| Author | : Philippa Morgan |
| Publisher | : Constable Limited |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
The date is 1373. Geoffrey Chaucer - poet, diplomat and sometime spy - is newly returned to England from a successful mission in Florence. Scarcely has he set foot on the London wharfs than he is despatched to the Devon town of Dartmouth.
| Author | : M J Trow |
| Publisher | : Severn House Publishers Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2021-07-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1448305403 |
Introducing 14th century poet Geoffrey Chaucer as a memorable new amateur sleuth in the first of an ingeniously-conceived medieval mystery series. April, 1380. About to set off on his annual pilgrimage, Comptroller of the King’s Woollens and court poet Geoffrey Chaucer is forced to abandon his plans following an appeal for help from an old friend. The Duke of Clarence, Chaucer’s former guardian, has been found dead in his bed at his Suffolk castle, his bedroom door locked and bolted from the inside. The man who found him, Sir Richard Glanville, suspects foul play and has asked Chaucer to investigate. On arrival at Clare Castle, Chaucer finds his childhood home rife with bitter rivalries, ill-advised love affairs and dangerous secrets. As he questions the castle’s inhabitants, it becomes clear that more than one member of the Duke’s household had reason to wish him ill. But who among them is a cold-hearted killer? It’s up to Chaucer, with his sharp wits and eye for detail, to root out the evil within.
| Author | : Jerry Ellis |
| Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2007-12-18 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 0307417662 |
More than six hundred years ago, the Archbishop of Canterbury was murdered by King Henry II’s knights. Before the Archbishop’s blood dried on the Cathedral floor, the miracles began. The number of pilgrims visiting his shrine in the Middle Ages was so massive that the stone floor wore thin where they knelt to pray. They came seeking healing, penance, or a sign from God. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, one of the greatest, most enduring works of English literature, is a bigger-than-life drama based on the experience of the medieval pilgrim. Power, politics, friendship, betrayal, martyrdom, miracles, and stories all had a place on the sixty mile path from London to Canterbury, known as the Pilgrim’s Way. Walking to Canterbury is Jerry Ellis’s moving and fascinating account of his own modern pilgrimage along that famous path. Filled with incredible details about medieval life, Ellis’s tale strikingly juxtaposes the contemporary world he passes through on his long hike with the history that peeks out from behind an ancient stone wall or a church. Carrying everything he needs on his back, Ellis stops at pubs and taverns for food and shelter and trades tales with the truly captivating people he meets along the way, just as the pilgrims from the twelfth century would have done. Embarking on a journey that is spiritual and historical, Ellis reveals the wonders of an ancient trek through modern England toward the ultimate goal: enlightenment.
