The Clerkenwell Tales
Author(s): Peter Ackroyd
SECONDHAND BOOKS | Literary Fiction
'I am sister to the day and night. I am sister to the woods.' Sister Clarisse, a nun in the House of St Mary at Clerkenwell, experiences visions. She dreams of the English King. Are her prophesies the babblings of the crazed? Or can she 'see' a future in which Henry Bolingbroke overthrows Richard II? This clever and colourful novel begins with The Nun's Tale, and continues with The Friar's Tale, The Merchant's Tale and The Clerk's Tale
2003. First edition, first printing. A near fine, unmarked and unread copy in a fine, unclipped d/w.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Chatto & Windus
- : Chatto & Windus
- : 01 June 2003
- : books
Special Fields
- : SEPT03
- : Hardback
- : Peter Ackroyd