Chaucer 1340-1400: The Life and Times of the First English Poet - Hardcover

West, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786707798 ISBN 13: 9780786707799

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub, 2000

Synopsis

Honoring the six hundredth anniversary of Chaucer's death, a new critical biography of the great English writer follows his adventures from a childhood overshadowed by the Plague, to the 100 Years War in France and life as a diplomat.

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Review:

A sheer delight . . . West can look Macaulay and Trevelyan in the face. (Alan Massie, Daily Telegraph)

A lively and entertaining study which . . . provides the history of a period as well as the biography of one man. (Peter Ackroyd, The Times `A few pages into Richard West's superb [biography] one wonders why Defoe is not a more significant figure in our cultural history.' Kate Saunders, Observer)

Book Description:

A new biography of the first English poet and his age - on the 600th anniversary of his death

About this edition

• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0786707798
• ISBN 13: 9780786707799
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 302