Description: The Livre Charny (Charny's Book), by the 14th century French knight Geoffroi de Charny, translated here by Nigel Bryant with an introduction by Ian Wilson.
Brief description: Born in south London, IAN WILSON read and graduated in history at Magdalen College, Oxford, back in the 1960s. He first took an interest in Geoffroi de Charny whilst at the British Library researching a book on the history of the Turin Shroud published in both the USA and UK in 1978. He is a prolific author of books for the general reader, including an authoritative biography of Shakespeare, Shakespeare: The Evidence, the research for which by accident brought to light the original manuscript of Charny's works now housed in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1995 Ian and his wife emigrated to Queensland, Australia, and The Book of Geoffroi de Charny, his first-ever academic book, has been researched and written whilst in retirement.
Review Quotes: Wilson shows that the works of Charny constituted a substantial codicological project that caught a moment at the French royal court. . . . What can be said about the excellent translation except that it is excellent? Bryant's contribution may well attract readers with diverse interests and give them a lively text with which to examine the concept and practice of chivalry.-- "The Medieval Review"