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Chaucer's pilgrims, quarrelling amongst themselves, are now in open countryside enjoying the fresh spring weather as they progress slowly towards Canterbury. A motley collection of travellers, they each have their dark secrets, hidden passions and complex lives. As they shelter in a tavern from a sudden April shower they choose the Man of Law to narrate the next tale of fear and sinister dealings. In August 1358, the Dowager Queen Isabella, mother of King Edward III, the 'She Wolf of France', who betrayed and destroyed her husband because of her adulterous infatuation for Roger Mortimer, lies dying of the pestilence in the sombre fortress of Castle Rising, where her 'loving' son has kept her incarcerated. According the Man of Law, Isabella dies and her body is taken along the Mile End Road and laid to rest in Greyfriars next to the mangled remains of her lover, who has paid dearly for his presumption in loving a queen. Nevertheless, as in life so in death Isabella causes intrigue, violence and murder. Nicholas Chirke, an honest young lawyer, is brought in to investigate the strange events following her death - and quickly finds himself at his wits' end trying to resolve the mysteries before a great scandal unfolds.… (más)
En la segunda entrega de la serie de los peregrinos de Canterbury, asistimos al relato del magistrado, una historia en la que se entremezclan la alta política, el crimen organizado (liderado por un misterioso Guardián de las Puertas) y una bella historia de amor homosexual.
Una trágica y sangrienta narración que nos invita a recorrer el Londres medieval, de los silenciosos claustros a los bulliciosos y fétidos callejones de los barrios bajos, siempre de sorpresa en sorpresa
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
To Peter Randall (also a clerk); Education Officer, in grateful thanks for all his assistance and the many good laughs we've shared over the last twelve years.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
The rain had fallen all night as clouds, grey and sullen, swept across the fresh green Kentish countryside.
Citas
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
The man of law smiled and the priest nudged him. "Now let's continue our journey. The wife of Bath, has, I hear, an excellent tale."
Chaucer's pilgrims, quarrelling amongst themselves, are now in open countryside enjoying the fresh spring weather as they progress slowly towards Canterbury. A motley collection of travellers, they each have their dark secrets, hidden passions and complex lives. As they shelter in a tavern from a sudden April shower they choose the Man of Law to narrate the next tale of fear and sinister dealings. In August 1358, the Dowager Queen Isabella, mother of King Edward III, the 'She Wolf of France', who betrayed and destroyed her husband because of her adulterous infatuation for Roger Mortimer, lies dying of the pestilence in the sombre fortress of Castle Rising, where her 'loving' son has kept her incarcerated. According the Man of Law, Isabella dies and her body is taken along the Mile End Road and laid to rest in Greyfriars next to the mangled remains of her lover, who has paid dearly for his presumption in loving a queen. Nevertheless, as in life so in death Isabella causes intrigue, violence and murder. Nicholas Chirke, an honest young lawyer, is brought in to investigate the strange events following her death - and quickly finds himself at his wits' end trying to resolve the mysteries before a great scandal unfolds.
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Una trágica y sangrienta narración que nos invita a recorrer el Londres medieval, de los silenciosos claustros a los bulliciosos y fétidos callejones de los barrios bajos, siempre de sorpresa en sorpresa