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

  • 041_Chapter 40

    Duração: 14min
  • 042_Chapter 41

    Duração: 29min
  • 043_Chapter 42

    Duração: 11min
  • 044_Chapter 43

    Duração: 08min
  • 045_Chapter 44

    Duração: 04min
  • 046_Chapter 45

    Duração: 04min
  • 047_Chapter 46

    Duração: 06min
  • 048_Chapter 47

    Duração: 06min
  • 049_Chapter 48

    Duração: 06min
  • 050_Chapter 49

    Duração: 08min
  • 051_Chapter 50

    Duração: 05min
  • 052_Chapter 51

    Duração: 37min
  • 053_Chapter 52

    Duração: 11min
  • 054_Chapter 53

    Duração: 22min
  • 055_Chapter 54

    Duração: 25min
  • 056_Chapter 55

    Duração: 28min
  • 057_Chapter 56

    Duração: 12min
  • 058_Chapter 57

    Duração: 04min
  • 059_Chapter 58

    Duração: 08min
  • 060_Chapter 59

    Duração: 12min
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