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To introduce john lydgate s landmark poem the troy book to students and nonspecialist readers, the editor has selected the essential passages from the poem and bridges any gaps with textual summaries. The dark nest, book 3 denning, troy and davis, jonathan. The minor poems of john lydgate, edited from all available mss. He created the woodwrights shop for public television in 1979.
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