The Invention of Fire.
- Author / Editor
- Holsinger, Bruce.
The Invention of Fire.
- Published
- New York: HarperCollins, 2015.
- Physical Description
- 420 pp.
- Description
- Historical novel set in London, Kent, Calais, and during a pilgrimage to Durham, 1386; the second in a series that features John Gower as first-person narrator investigating criminal and political events, in this case a mass murder that involves parliamentary machinations, Nicholas Brembre's mayoralty, and the development of handguns. Includes a range of characters both historical and fictional, with Chaucer in his role as "shire justice in Kent" and as Gower's shrewd friend and literary competitor.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion