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Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk LG (c. 1404 –1475) was a granddaughter of the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Married three times, she eventually became a Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter , an honour granted rarely to women and marking the friendship between herself and her third husband, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk ...
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" (Middle English: The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe) is among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It provides insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and was probably of interest to Chaucer, himself, for the character is one of his most developed ones, with her Prologue twice as long as her ...
Harrison's place of birth and first home – 12 Arnold Grove George Harrison was born at 12 Arnold Grove in Wavertree, Liverpool, on 25 February 1943. [6] [nb 2] He was the youngest of four children of Harold Hargreaves (or Hargrove) Harrison (1909–1978) and Louise (née French; [11] 1911–1970).
Pattie Boyd, the former fashion model and ex-wife of Eric Clapton and George Harrison, has sold her memorabilia collection, including intimate letter from both, for more than $3 million. In a well ...
In return, Harrison produced Preston's 1969 single "That's the Way God Planned It," which gives the documentary its title. David Hume Kennerly/Getty Billy Preston (left) and George Harrison in 1974.
Re-titled Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me for the US market, the book contains many of Boyd's photographs. [129] [139] Boyd carried out interviews to promote the release. [133] At the time, she was said to be looking forward to the idea of her book competing against Clapton's autobiography, which was published ...
A whimsical music video accompanied the single which was first shown on 20 November 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live.Directed by Monty Python's Eric Idle (who had a brief cameo in the video), the film featured Harrison, Neil Innes (as the carriage-pushing nanny/mother, a bathrobe-clad man with a duck on his head, and as a church authority), [3] Harrison's future wife Olivia Arias, and ...
Philippa de Roet (also known as Philippa Pan or Philippa Chaucer; c. 1346 [1] – c. 1387) was an English courtier, the sister of Katherine Swynford (third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster – a son of King Edward III) and the wife of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.