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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
Laura Amy Schlitz
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.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 24, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780763615789 |
| Publishers | Candlewick Press |
| Pages | 96 |
| Dimensions | 189 × 268 × 13 mm · 544 g |
| Language | English |
| Contributor | Robert Byrd |
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