The Canterbury Tales, Paperback - Peter Ackroyd

Reducere. "A romp for the ages" (Vanity Fair) now with a graphic cover and deluxe packaging Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes ...

Paperback edition of Ackroyd's retelling of Chaucer's classic work, now with an introduction and notes by Ackroyd.

Publisher: Orion Publishing CoAuthor(s): Geoffrey ChaucerNumber of pages: 656Publication date: 1990Dimensions: 199 x 132 x 39Cover type: Paperback ...

One of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature, in the original Middle English The Canterbury Tales depicts a storytelling comp...

Reducere. Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appe...

Nevill Coghill's masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer's fourteenth-century Middle English I...

David Wright's prose version of Chaucer's classic.

Attempting to bring Chaucer back to life, four medieval alchemists invite a group of Chaucer's best-known pilgrims - the Knight, the Wife of Bath, ...

Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance.Publisher: Cambridge University PressAuthor(s): Geoffrey ChaucerIllustration(s): Worked examples o...

Chaucer's Gifts applies the theoretical approaches of economic anthropology to the Canterbury Tales, to show that in Chaucer's world the exchange o...

The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer

The scene is London, in 1399. The streets of London are rife with rumour, heresy, espionage and murder and at the centre of the confusion is the nu...

David Wright's acclaimed translation, now partnered with a new critical introduction and invaluable notes by Chaucer scholar Christopher Cannon to ...

In Chaucer's classic, much-loved collection of tales a host of medieval characters come alive on the page - and they are as lively and colourful no...

One of the great masterworks of English literature, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great t...

Reducere. A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, arguably the most famo...

Reducere. The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England.About the Author: Gerald J. Davis is the award-w...

Publisher: CIDEB s.r.l.Author(s): Geoffrey ChaucerNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 152 x 215 x 8Cover type: Mixed media product...

Contributor(s): Author: Frederick M. BiggsA possible direct link between the two greatest literary collections of the fourteenth century, Boccaccio...

Reducere. Renumitul istoric, romancier, poet si jurnalist Peter Ackroyd ne poarta intr-o calatorie istorica, geografica si imaginara prin metropola londoneza...

The Canterbury Tales tells the story of a group of 30 pilgrims who meet at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, and travel together to visit the shrine of ...

Contributor(s): Author: Geoffrey ChaucerTranslator: David WrightA clear modern prose translation of Chaucer's masterpiece of Middle English storyte...

Written with intuition and imagination, this marvellous biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world. Ackroyd writes about Sha...

Publisher: Oxford University PressAuthor(s): Geoffrey ChaucerNumber of pages: 56Collection: DominoesPublication date: 2009Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 5...

The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it?Peter Ackroyd's new biography turns the spotlight on Chaplin's life as well as his...

Biographer Peter Ackroyd, author of books on Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Charles Dickens, William Blake and many others, turns his attention to Alfred ...

Reducere. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales presented in the original Middle English version. They are a collection of stories written at the end of the 14th centur...

The first volume in a new 6 part history of England, now in paperback takes the reader from the country's first settlement to the death of the firs...

The fifth instalment in Peter Ackroyds acclaimed and bestselling six-volume History of England. &b>&/b>

Just as Peter Ackroyd's bestselling London is the biography of the city, Thames: Sacred River is the biography of the river, from sea to source.

Publisher: The Swedenborg SocietyAuthor(s): Peter AckroydIllustration(s): 1 black and white illustrationNumber of pages: 92Publication date: 2021Di...

Much of Peter Ackroyd's work has been concerned with the life and past of London but here, as a culmination, is his definitive account of the city....

Highly original and magnificent in scope, Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination discovers the roots of English cultural history in the Ang...

The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyd's magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hu...

Peter Ackroyd's first novel for Minerva, and his first book in a highly publicised ten-year deal with Reed. Set against the extraordinary cityscape...

DescriptionA classical work of philosophy that has inspired readers around the world for generations. Upon its initial publication in 1923, Kahlil ...

Ackroyd investigates the paradox of this 'man for all seasons': the man of the world who travelled across Europe to negotiate on behalf of his king...

The fifth instalment in Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed and bestselling six-volume History of England.

Reducere. Londra. Biografia unui oras - Peter Ackroyd

A darkly playful novel, filled with mystery, revenge, outlandish killings, greed and jealousy, from the multi-award-winning author

Reducere. ``An extraordinary book . . . Peter Ackroyd is arguably the most talented and prolific writer working in Britain today.`` --Daily Express (UK)In Fo...

DescriptionWith his characteristic enthusiasm and erudition, Peter Ackroyd follows his acclaimed London: A Biography with an inspired look into the...

Reducere. Four-level graded readers series, perfect for reading practice and language skills development at upper-primary and lower-secondary levels. Dominoe...

The sixth and final volume in Peter Ackroyd's magnificent History of England series, taking us from the Boer War to the Millennium Dome almost a hu...

Reducere. A retelling of the Chaucer classic. A simplified and shortened retelling which remains faithful to the original text in the treatment of the story....