Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! - Voices from a Medieval Village (Paperback)

Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters.
Maidens, monks, and millers' sons -- in these pages, readers will meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasant's daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. There's also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim); Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess; and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd -- inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from thirteenth-century Germany -- this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England.

General

Imprint:	Candlewick Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2008
First published:	December 2008
Authors:	Laura Amy Schlitz
Illustrators:	Robert Byrd
Dimensions:	260 x 180 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	85
ISBN-13:	978-0-7636-4332-4
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Humanities > History > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	0-7636-4332-7
Barcode:	9780763643324

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