One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is a collection of retellings of some of Chaucer's stories and character sketches in Canterbury Tales.

 

This book is part of a book series called New Windmills Ks3 .

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 1981 by Pearson Education Limited .

Ian Serraillier (September 24, 1912 - November 28, 1994), was a British novelist and poet. Serraillier was best known for his children's books, especially the Silver Sword (Novel) (1956), a wartime adventure story which was adapted for television by the BBC in 1957 and again in 1971.

This book has the following chapters: Introducing Geoffrey ChaucerThe Canterbury TalesThe Road to CanterburyThe KnightPrisoners of War (The Knight's Tale)The SquireThe YeomanThe PrioressThe Nun's PriestThe Cock and the Fox (The Nun's Priest's Tale)The MonkThe FriarThe MerchantThe ScholarPatient Griselda (The Scholar's Tale)The Poet, Geoffrey ChaucerThe Sea CaptainA Hundred-Franc Loan (The Sea Captain's Tale)The Haberdasher, Carpenter, Weaver, Dyer and UpholstererThe CookThe JudgeThe Wild Waves (The Judge's Tale)The FranklinThe Black Rocks of Brittany (The Franklin's Tale)The DoctorThe Wife of BathThe Queen's Riddle (The Wife of Bath's Tale)The ParsonThe PloughmanThe MillerThe StewardThe White Crow (The Steward's Tale)The BaliffThe SummonerThe PardonerIn Search of Death (The Pardoner's Tale)The Poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, Says Good-byeMore About the Pilgrims and their Tales