A Burnable Book

  • Autor: Bruce Holsinger
  • Narrador: Simon Vance
  • Editora: HarperCollins USA
  • Duração: 13:58:50
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Sinopse

In Chaucer's London, betrayal, murder, and intrigue swirl around the existence of a prophetic book that foretells the deaths of England's kings

London, 1385. Surrounded by ruthless courtiers—including his powerful uncle, John of Gaunt, and Gaunt's artful mistress, Katherine Swynford—England's young king, Richard II, is in mortal peril. Songs are heard across London—catchy verses said to originate from an ancient book that prophesies the ends of England's kings—and among the book's predictions is Richard's assassination. Only a few powerful men know that the cryptic lines derive from a "burnable book," a seditious work that threatens the stability of the realm. To find the manuscript, wily bureaucrat Geoffrey Chaucer turns to fellow poet John Gower, a professional trader in information with connections high and low.

Gower discovers that the book and incriminating evidence about its author have fallen into the unwitting hands of innocents, who will be drawn into a conspiracy that reaches from the king's court to London's slums and stews—and potentially implicates Gower's own son. As the intrigue deepens, it becomes clear that John Gower, a man with secrets of his own, may hold the key to saving the king, and England itself.

Medieval scholar Bruce Holsinger draws on his vast knowledge of the period to add colorful, authentic detail—on everything from poetry and bookbinding to court intrigues and brothels—to this highly entertaining and brilliantly constructed literary mystery that brings medieval England gloriously to life.

Capítulos

  • 021_Chapter 20

    Duração: 18min
  • 022_Chapter 21

    Duração: 39min
  • 023_Chapter 22

    Duração: 07min
  • 024_Chapter 23

    Duração: 09min
  • 025_Chapter 24

    Duração: 07min
  • 026_Chapter 25

    Duração: 22min
  • 027_Chapter 26

    Duração: 05min
  • 028_Chapter 27

    Duração: 08min
  • 029_Chapter 28

    Duração: 24min
  • 030_Chapter 29

    Duração: 06min
  • 031_Chapter 30

    Duração: 12min
  • 032_Chapter 31

    Duração: 12min
  • 033_Chapter 32

    Duração: 13min
  • 034_Chapter 33

    Duração: 14min
  • 035_Chapter 34

    Duração: 10min
  • 036_Chapter 35

    Duração: 14min
  • 037_Chapter 36

    Duração: 08min
  • 038_Chapter 37

    Duração: 25min
  • 039_Chapter 38

    Duração: 19min
  • 040_Chapter 39

    Duração: 07min
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