The Good Wife of BathAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 31 March 2022
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A provocative, immersive medieval novel starring one of literatureâ?Ts most unforgettable characters in her own wordsâ?"Chaucerâ?Ts bold and libidinous Wife of Bath. â?oSo damned readable and funâ?▌This is the story of a woman fighting for her rights; it breaches the walls of history.â??--The AustralianIn the middle ages, a famous poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary classic. But what if the woman in question had a chance to tell her own version?England, 1364:A When married off at aged twelve to an elderly farmer, brazen redheaded Eleanor quickly realizes it wonâ?Tt matter what she says or does, God is not on her sideâ?"or any poor womanâ?Ts for that matter. But then again, Eleanor was born under the joint signs of Venus and Mars, making her both a lover and a fighter. Aided by a head for business (and a surprisingly kind husband), Eleanor manages to turn her first marriage into success, and she rises through society from a cast-off farm girl to a woman of fortune who becomes a trusted friend of the social-climbing poet Geoffrey Chaucer. But more marriages followâ?"some happy, some notâ?"several pilgrimages, many lovers, murder, mayhem, and many turns of fortuneâ?Ts wheel as Eleanor pursues the one thing that all women want: control of their own lives.
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