The Pilgrims, painted by Polish miniaturist Arthur Szyk for a forthcoming edition of the Canterbury Tales (Heritage Press ... his first subject was a series of drawings of the Boxer Rebellion.

As Chaucer wrote of the Wife of Bath: For she coude of that art the olde daunce. Now here comes Peter Ackroyd, novelist, biographer and historian, with “The Canterbury Tales” for a new ...

The Wife of Bath was dreamed up by Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales more than 600 years ago. She has captured countless imaginations since. The character known for her lusty appetites ...