{"product_id":"chaucers-tale-1386-and-the-road-to-canterbury","title":"Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eChaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePaul Strohm\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780143127833\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lively, concise biography of the father of English literature and the tumultuous year that led to \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the beginning of 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer--lauded today as the father of English literature--was a middle-aged Londoner with a modest bureaucratic post; his literary successes had been confined to a small audience of intimate friends. But by year's end, he was swept up in a series of disastrous events that would ultimately leave him jobless, homeless, separated from his wife, and exiled in the countryside of Kent. Unbroken by these worldly reversals, Chaucer pursued a new life in art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this highly accessible social history, Paul Strohm, one of the finest medievalists of our time, vividly recreates the bustle of everyday life in fourteenth-century London while he unveils the fascinating story behind Chaucer's journey from personal crisis to rebirth as the immortal poet of \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Chaucer's Tale: 1386 and the Road to Canterbury | Paul Strohm | Paperback | 9780143127833 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks B 1777473","offer_id":49765835964568,"sku":"1777473","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/91y2tsepiVL.jpg?v=1787971063","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/chaucers-tale-1386-and-the-road-to-canterbury","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}