The Resource A burnable book, Bruce Holsinger
A burnable book, Bruce Holsinger
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The item A burnable book, Bruce Holsinger represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.
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- Summary
- London, 1385. Surrounded by ruthless courtiers--including his powerful uncle, John of Gaunt, and Gaunt's artful mistress, Katherine Swynford--England's young, still untested king, Richard II, is in mortal peril, and the danger is only beginning. Songs are heard across London--catchy verses said to originate from an ancient book that prophesies the end of England's kings--and among the book's predictions is Richard's assassination. Only a few powerful men know that the cryptic lines derive from a "burnable book, " a seditious work that threatens the stability of the realm. To find the manuscript, wily bureaucrat Geoffrey Chaucer turns to fellow poet John Gower, a professional trader in information with connections high and low. Gower discovers that the book and incriminating evidence about its author have fallen into the unwitting hands of innocents, who will be drawn into a labyrinthine conspiracy that reaches from the king's court to London's slums and stews--and potentially implicates his own son. As the intrigue deepens, it becomes clear that Gower, a man with secrets of his own, may be the last hope to save a king from a terrible fate
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 444 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062240323
- Label
- A burnable book
- Title
- A burnable book
- Statement of responsibility
- Bruce Holsinger
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- London, 1385. Surrounded by ruthless courtiers--including his powerful uncle, John of Gaunt, and Gaunt's artful mistress, Katherine Swynford--England's young, still untested king, Richard II, is in mortal peril, and the danger is only beginning. Songs are heard across London--catchy verses said to originate from an ancient book that prophesies the end of England's kings--and among the book's predictions is Richard's assassination. Only a few powerful men know that the cryptic lines derive from a "burnable book, " a seditious work that threatens the stability of the realm. To find the manuscript, wily bureaucrat Geoffrey Chaucer turns to fellow poet John Gower, a professional trader in information with connections high and low. Gower discovers that the book and incriminating evidence about its author have fallen into the unwitting hands of innocents, who will be drawn into a labyrinthine conspiracy that reaches from the king's court to London's slums and stews--and potentially implicates his own son. As the intrigue deepens, it becomes clear that Gower, a man with secrets of his own, may be the last hope to save a king from a terrible fate
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Holsinger, Bruce W
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3608.O49435658
- LC item number
- B87 2014
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Gower, John
- Books and reading
- Courts and courtiers
- Betrayal
- London (England)
- FICTION / Historical
- Label
- A burnable book, Bruce Holsinger
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn853664406
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 444 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062240323
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013025522
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- 1145999
- (Sirsi) o853664406
- (OCoLC)853664406
- Label
- A burnable book, Bruce Holsinger
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn853664406
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- ix, 444 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062240323
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013025522
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- 1145999
- (Sirsi) o853664406
- (OCoLC)853664406
Subject
- Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 -- Fiction
- Courts and courtiers -- Fiction
- FICTION / Historical
- Gower, John, 1325?-1408 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Betrayal -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Suspense fiction
- London (England) -- History -- To 1500 -- Fiction
- Books and reading -- Fiction
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