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245 12 a| A burnable book /c| Bruce Holsinger.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| William Morrow,c| [2014];

300 a| ix, 444 pages :b| illustrations, map ;c| 24 cm;

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520 a| 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.;

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A burnable book / Bruce Holsinger.

Author/creator	Holsinger, Bruce
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : William Morrow, [2014]
Description	ix, 444 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subjects	Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400--Fiction. Gower, John, 1325?-1408--Fiction. Books and reading--Fiction. Courts and courtiers--Fiction. Betrayal--Fiction. London (England)--History. --To 1500. --Fiction.

Abstract	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.
Genre/form	Historical fiction.
Genre/form	Suspense fiction.
Genre/form	Historical fiction.
Genre/form	Suspense fiction.
LCCN	2013025522
ISBN	9780062240323 (hardcover)
ISBN	0062240323 (hardcover)
ISBN	0062240331 (trade pbk.)
ISBN	9780062240330 (trade pbk.)
Standard identifier#	40023279210

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