Chaucer's triumph : including the case of Cecilia Chaumpaigne ... and other offices of the flesh in the year 1399
O'Connor, Garry2007
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Chaucer is considered one of the greatest English poets. Yet there has always lurked a dark secret in his life, a scandal or crime which, from evidence of two different legal documents of his time, has intrigued and mystified scholars for generations, dividing them into warring factions.
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Imprint:
London : Petrak, 2007.
Collation:
viii, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780955376801 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
LC class:
PR6065
Language:
English
Subject:
John, of Gaunt, Duke of LancasterKing of EnglandDuchess of Lancaster, 1340-1399 -- Death and burial -- FictionKatherine, 1350?-1403 -- FictionRichard II, 1367-1400 -- FictionChampaigne, Cecilia -- FictionChaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- FictionRape victims -- FictionGreat Britain -- History -- Richard II, 1377-1399 -- FictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
1103339
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