{"product_id":"the-clerkenwell-tales-9781400075959","title":"The Clerkenwell Tales","description":"From the foremost contemporary chronicler of London's history, a suspenseful novel that ingeniously draws on Chaucer's \u003cb\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eto recreate the city's 14th century religious and political intrigues. London, 1399. Sister Clarice, a nun born below Clerkenwell convent, is predicting the death of King Richard II and the demise of the Church. Her visions can be dismissed as madness, until she accurately foretells a series of terrorist explosions. What is the role of the apocalyptic Predestined Men? And the clandestine Dominus? And what powers, ultimately, will prevail?In Peter Ackroyd's deft and suprising narrative, The Miller, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath and other characters from \u003cb\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/b\u003e pursue these mysteries through a pungently vivid medieval London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400075959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.30w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Peter Ackroyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43140488822965,"sku":"9781400075959","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7bd1ea0a-2b8d-4901-aaf7-a3fdb38666c3.jpg?v=1695700277","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-clerkenwell-tales-9781400075959","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}