Chuacer "Brief Lives" by: Peter Ackroyd

is the first of a new series of short

biographies, which I am writing with the

purpose of bringing to life some of the

most important men and women in the

history of the world. There is no better

agent of human understanding and

human knowledge than the course of a

single life, with all the events and

aspirations, ambitions and achievements,

which may accompany it. To enter the

consciousness and personality of a man

or woman, of any period, is to see that

period from within. That is my intention.

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