A motley group of travelers meet at a London inn on their way to Canterbury, where they agree to take part in a storytelling competition. Peter Ackroyd's translation and adaption is magnificent!
Arctic explorer, survival expert and naturalist Freddy Spencer Chapman was trapped behind enemy lines when the Japanese overran Malaya in 1942. His response was to begin a commando campaign of such lethal effectiveness that the Japanese deployed an entire regiment against him, hunting for him as they did for no other. He was wounded, and racked by tropical disease. His companions were killed, or captured...