A Burnable Book A Novel

In 1385 London, poet John Gower is asked by Geoffrey Chaucer to find an ancient manuscript that prophesies the end of England's kings, which draws him into a conspiracy that reaches from the king's court to London's slums and potentially implicates his own son.

About the author

Bruce Holsinger is the author of the first John Gower novel, A Burnable Book, and an award-winning scholar of the medieval period who teaches at the University of Virginia. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a recipient of research fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.bruceholsinger.com

Product details

• Authors: Bruce W. Holsinger, Bruce Holsinger
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 23.09.2014
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780062240330
• ISBN: 978-0-06-224033-0
• Pages: 464
• Dimensions (packing): 13.5 x 20.3 x 1.9 cm
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