Title: Chaucer /
Authors: Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
Publisher: Chatto & Windus,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey,; Poets, English Biography
Abstract: Profiles the eventful life of master fourteenth-century English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, recounting his life as a courtier, diplomat, and literary luminary, who was also indicted for rape, sued for debt, and captured in battle.
Contents: The Londoner -- A courtly training -- The diplomat -- An Italian connection -- The civil servant -- The court of the boy king -- A nest of troubles -- Bloody revolt -- The affairs of Troy -- Residence in Kent -- The tales of Canterbury -- Last years.