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What happens when you combine medieval poetry and guns?

June 6, 2015 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

This book takes place some time after the first in the series (A Burnable Book) starring the real life medieval poet John Gower as a (probably) fictional detective. This series is based on a lot of research and historical accuracy is impressive. A possible problem with this second installment is that there is not a glossary of medieval terms or full list of sources for a reader unfamiliar to consult. The author notes that a source list accompanies the first volume, and only names those […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: Chaucer, John Gower, medieval

CoffeeShopReader's CBR7 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: Chaucer, John Gower, medieval ·
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