The good wife of bath : a novel
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English

9780063142855

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Fiction.

In 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:When married off at aged twelve to an elderly farmer, brazen redheaded Eleanor quickly realizes it won?t matter what she says or does, God is not on her side-or any poor woman?s 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 follow-some happy, some not-several pilgrimages, many lovers, murder, mayhem, and many turns of fortune?s wheel as Eleanor pursues the one thing that all women want: control of their own lives.

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