Chaucer
By: Peter Ackroyd.
Edition: 1st ed. in the U.S.A.
Series: Ackroyd's brief lives
Publisher: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -- d. 1400; Poets, English -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2004 by Chatto & Windus"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-176) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Londoner; title: A courtly training; title: The diplomat; title: An Italian connection; title: The civil servant; title: The court of the boy king; title: A nest of troubles; title: Bloody revolt; title: The affairs of Troy; title: Residence in Kent; title: The tales of Canterbury; title: Last years