Troilus and Criseyde - Hardcover

Chaucer, Geoffrey

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ISBN 10: 1374948799 ISBN 13: 9781374948792

Publisher: Pinnacle Press, 2017

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During the great siege of Troy, Troilus, the son of Priam, sees Criseyde and falls in love with her. Later, with the help Pandarus- one of the first great character studies in our literature-Troilus wins her love, only to be betrayed.

About the Author

Chaucer was probably born some time during the 1340s. He was well educated and worked as a page for the Earl of Ulster, where he would have learned French. Around age 25, be became a squire in the court of King Edward III, and he spent the rest of his life as a public servant. He was twice sent on diplomatic trips to Italy in the 1370s; he was also a customs officer and a justice of the peace. He died in 1400.

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