{"product_id":"to-calais-in-ordinary-time","title":"James Meek: To Calais, In Ordinary Time [2019] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION\u003cbr\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES, GUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES, DAILY EXPRESS, SCOTSMAN \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThree journeys. One road.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngland, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a Scots proctor sets out for Avignon and a young ploughman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComing in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half of the population of Northern Europe. As the journey unfolds, overshadowed by the archers' past misdeeds and clerical warnings of the imminent end of the world, the wayfarers must confront the nature of their loves and desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tremendous feat of language and empathy, it summons a medieval world that is at once uncannily plausible, utterly alien and eerily reflective of our own. James Meek's extraordinary \u003ci\u003eTo Calais, In Ordinary Time \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about love, class, faith, loss, gender and desire - set against one of the biggest cataclysms of human history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meek, James","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46476264931667,"sku":"9781786896742","price":23.75,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47156150501715,"sku":"XV81786896742","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/meek-james-james-meek-to-calais-in-ordinary-time-2019-hardback-52417994719571.jpg?v=1696350921","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/to-calais-in-ordinary-time","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}