The Complete Canterbury Tales - Hardcover

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782124241 ISBN 13: 9781782124245

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd, 2013

From the bawdy Wife of Bath's tale to the riddle set by the Franklin, The Canterbury Tales is a classic that most people will want to have read, and this particular translation by Frank Ernest Hill makes for an accessible, entertaining read. The wonderful illustrations are by the ever-popular Pre-Raphaelites William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. With a fascinating introduction by literature scholar Anne Rooney, this collector's slipcase edition of The Canterbury Tales is a wonderful book to own and to give as a gift.

About the Author:

Chaucer's life (c.1345-1400) spanned a time of extreme turmoil and social upheaval. When he was a small child, the Black Death wiped out around a third of the population of Europe. Chaucer lived through the Peasant's Revolt of 1381, parts of the Hundred Years War and the overthrow of King Richard II. In 1374, he was appointed to the senior position of controller of export taxes on wool, sheepskin and leather and wrote poetry in the evening. He died in 1400 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1782124241
• ISBN 13: 9781782124245
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Illustrator: Burne-Jones Edward, Morris William