Who murdered Chaucer? : a medieval mystery

London : Methuen, 2003. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: Bookplate of John F. Ashby. Physical Description: 408 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-398) and index. Contents: Introduction: The suspicious circumstances of Chaucer's death -- Ch. 1. The court that Chaucer lived in -- Ch. 2. Chaucer and Richard II -- Ch. 3. The nature of Richard's rule -- Ch. 4. A time of intellectual ferment -- Ch. 5. The church strikes back -- Ch. 6. Was Richard really unpopular? -- Ch. 7. Chaucer's world changes -- Ch. 8. Chaucer's last bloody year -- Ch. 9. Chaucer's enemies gain power -- Ch. 10. Chaucer in the eye of the storm -- Ch. 11. The Canterbury Tales as death-warrant -- Ch. 12. What happened to Chaucer's work? -- Ch. 13. How the Ellesmere MS was censored -- Ch. 14. Chaucer as a political icon -- Ch. 15. Chaucer's final days -- Ch. 16. Did Chaucer really die in 1400? -- Ch. 17. Did Chaucer repent? -- Ch. 18. Chaucer and Archbishop Arundel (An ABC and The Parson's Tale) -- Ch. 19. We accuse ... Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey -1400 Death and burial; Poets, English Middle English, 1100-1500; Murder victims Great Britain; Biography; Murder England History To 1500; Great Britain History 14th century; Great Britain History Richard II, 1377-1399; Great Britain History Henry IV, 1399-1413; Life Works Biographical Details 14th Century Background; Political History; Social History.