The story behind a burnable book, by bruce holsinger. It was published by william morrow paperbacks and has a total of 464 pages in the book. Buy a burnable book john gower 1 first edition first printinguk by holsinger, bruce isbn. To find the manuscript, wily bureaucrat geoffrey chaucer turns to fellow poet john gower, a professional trader in information with connections high and low.
A medieval scholar at the university of virginia, he specializes in culture, religion and literature. Bruce holsinger is a fiction writer and scholar of medieval literature who teaches at the university of virginia in charlottesville. In this endeavor, bruce holsinger is a gamekeeper turned poacher. The era produced dante, chaucer and boccaccio as well as significant leaps in mathematics and even algorithms and cryptography. He is a guggenheim fellow and a recipient of research fellowships from the american council of learned societies and the national endowment for the humanities. He is also a lecturer at the university of virginia in charlottesville where he teaches medieval literature. Listen to and download a burnable book audiobook by bruce holsinger without annoying advertising. Holsinger incorporates a lot of historical events and people that makes the fictional storyline come to life. A burnable book quotes by bruce holsinger goodreads. A burnable book is fragrant with the stench of medieval london the hunt for a book of seditious poems is at the heart of medievalist bruce holsingers detailpacked new novel. A burnable book an irresistible historical thriller reminiscent of the classics an instance of the fingerpost, the name of the rose, and the crimson petal and the white.
A burnable book, by bruce holsinger the washington post. A burnable book, bruce holsinger s debut novel is set in england during the reign of richard ii. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Bruce holsinger is a novelist and literary scholar based in charlottesville, virginia, and the recipient of a guggenheim fellowship. A burnable book by bruce holsinger ebook harpercollins. In his debut novel, medieval scholar bruce holsinger creates an intricate plot set in 14th century england during the reign of richard ii, a king i. An irresistible historical thriller reminiscent of the classics an instance of the fingerpost, the name of the rose, and the crimson petal and the white. A burnable book in chaucers london, betrayal, murder, royal intrigue, mystery, and dangerous politics swirl around the existence of a prophetic book that foretells the deaths of englands kings. Bruce holsinger has been trying to add history in his work now and the blend of history and fiction provide an appealing and irresistible taste to. Each participant will e an orchids coloring book, kith regular garden. Bruce holsingers a burnable book is an irresistible historical thriller reminiscent of the classics an instance of the fingerpost, the name of the rose, and the crimson petal and the white.
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Harper collins promotion a stunning debut historical thriller set in the turbulent 14th century for fans of cj sansom. Holsinger is also a fiction writer, the author of two historical novels set in ricardian england. A burnable book, by bruce holsinger the new york times. Website of bruce holsinger, author of the gifted school. Full oft there shall you comfort and entwine his long limbs in bookish fetters benign. Read a burnable book a novel by bruce holsinger available from rakuten kobo. Surrounded by ruthless courtiersincluding his powerful uncle, john of gaunt, and gaunts artful mistress, katheri. A burnable book is fragrant with the stench of medieval. Bruce holsinger s a burnable book is an irresistible historical thriller reminiscent of the classics an instance of the fingerpost, the name of the rose, and the crimson petal and the. Surrounded by ruthless courtiersincluding his powerful uncle, john of gaunt, and gaunts artful mistress, katherine swynfordenglands young, still untested king, richard ii, is in mortal peril. Other bureaucracies are also part of the story told in a burnable book, particularly the legal profession emerging during these years and the peculiar educational system that trained its members.
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