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THRILLED! Honoured! I have TWO short-listed books for the Chaucer Awards! https://t.co/b7dKpir749
Fantastic news! Swords of the King makes the Shortlist for the CHAUCER Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction https://t.co/3royyIGfWW & congrats to friends and fellow authors in this group!
"In olde dayes of the king Arthour, Of which that Britons speake great honour, All was this land full fill'd of faerie...But now can no man see non elves mo..."
-from Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. #folklorethursday
In th'olde days of the king Arthour,
Of which Britons speken greet honour,
Al was this land fulfild of fayerye.
(Chaucer, late 14th century)
Chaucer is well known for his fictional works but did you know he also wrote scientific treatises? This is a page from a manuscript dated 1391 on the Astrolabe, written in Middle English rather than Latin. Find out more at https://t.co/kguv311cAf #ExploreArchives #archivescience
When you've been binge watching anime and see nothing but over dramatic anime characters act out Chaucer's poems in English assignments 😬
“Life is short. Art long. Opportunity is fleeting. Experience treacherous. Judgement difficult.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer
My latest column for @HistoryToday: Chaucer's vision of a post-truth world https://t.co/tdzFDMGgJT