The Clerkenwell Tales
Ackroyd, Peter (, 1949-)
The Clerkenwell Tales / Peter Ackroyd, - London : Vintage , 2003 - 213 p. ; 20 cm
A novel set in late-14th century London. "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.
English
9780749386306
Prophecies---Fiction
Nuns---Fiction
Medieval period
Great Britain---History---Fiction---Richard II, 1377-1399
FIC ACK
The Clerkenwell Tales / Peter Ackroyd, - London : Vintage , 2003 - 213 p. ; 20 cm
A novel set in late-14th century London. "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.
English
9780749386306
Prophecies---Fiction
Nuns---Fiction
Medieval period
Great Britain---History---Fiction---Richard II, 1377-1399
FIC ACK
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