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His first two novels, a burnable book and the invention of fire, are set in and around medieval london, where the poets geoffrey chaucer and john gower spent much of. Ball lightning reported two days into a fullon ice storm, i drove the fortyfive miles north and east from burlington to red greens house in newport, vermont. You must convince your readers that your characters are flesh and blood rather than words on dead skin, that their loves and. At the time merely considering the death of the ruling king was treasonous and.
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Despite my lack of interest in historical fiction of any sort, the plot of this book really roped me in. The poet john gower is the perfect narrator and amateur sleuth. Bruce holsinger, who teaches medieval literature at the university of virginia, is the author of a burnable book, a debut historical thriller set in chaucers england, out now from harpercollins. Heres what parents need to know about the burn book culture, and this new app that perpetuates it. A burnable book is fragrant with the stench of medieval. A burnable book is fragrant with the stench of medieval london.
If you have seen the movie mean girls, you know that the girls have a book called the burn book. In chaucers london, betrayal, murder, royal intrigue, mystery, and dangerous politics swirl around the existence of a prophetic book that foretells the death of englands kings in this irresistible historical thriller, reminiscent of the classics an instance of the fingerpost, the name of the. Jun 29, 2012 now we learn that it took a book burning campaign to save the citys library. The story bursts with historical figures, including the hero, john gower poet, and secondary characters geoffrey chaucer the father of english literature, john rykener transvestite, and sir john hawkwood mercenary. Download a burnable book audiobook by bruce holsinger.
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