The Canterbury Tales

On a pilgrimage to Canterbury, a group of travellers agree to a storytelling competition. As they make their way on the road, they drink, laugh, flirt, argue and try to outdo each other with their tales. From the exuberant Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to the Miller's worldly, ribald farce, these tales can be taken as a mirror of fourteenth-century London. Incorporating every style of medieval narrative — bawdy anecdote, allegorical fable and courtly romance — the tales encompass a blend of universal human themes, retold here for our times by bestselling author Peter Ackroyd.

Endorsements

'Ackroyd's retelling is compulsive, bold and rare ... as fresh as new paint' — Observer

'The only version to read' — Time Out