The Book of the Duchess

The Book of the Duchess
Author :
Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 50
Release :
ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547167389
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Book of the Duchess by : Geoffrey Chaucer

Download or read book The Book of the Duchess written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of the Duchess is a surreal poem that was presumably written as an elegy for Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster's (the wife of Geoffrey Chaucer's patron, the royal Duke of Lancaster, John of Gaunt) death in 1368 or 1369. The poem was written a few years after the event and is widely regarded as flattering to both the Duke and the Duchess. It has 1334 lines and is written in octosyllabic rhyming couplets.


The Book of the Duchess Related Books

The Book of the Duchess
Language: en
Pages: 50
Authors: Geoffrey Chaucer
Categories: Poetry
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-08-10 - Publisher: DigiCat

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Book of the Duchess is a surreal poem that was presumably written as an elegy for Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster's (the wife of Geoffrey Chaucer's patron, th
Making Chaucer's Book of the Duchess
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Jamie C. Fumo
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-24 - Publisher: University of Wales Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

- provides the first comprehensive overview of the critical history of Book of the Duchess - offers for the first time a thorough analysis of Book of the Duches
The Duchess Countess
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Catherine Ostler
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-15 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

'A scintillating story superbly told... [Ostler] packs every paragraph with eye-opening detail' The Times 'A rollicking read... [Ostler] tells Elizabeth's story
The Day of the Duchess
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Sarah MacLean
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-27 - Publisher: HarperCollins

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The third book in Sarah MacLean's witty and romantic Scandal & Scoundrel series featuring a ravishing heroine and the man, desperately in love, who now has to m
The Duchess of Northumberland's Little Book of Poisons, Potions and Aphrodisiacs
Language: en
Pages: 110
Authors: The Duchess of Northumberland
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-14 - Publisher: The History Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Combining the fascinating archive of the first Duchess of Northumberland with the expertise of Jane, the present duchess and the creator of the famous Poison Ga