Amazoncom the letters of abelard and heloise penguin classics ebook peter abelard michael clanchy betty radice kindle store skip to main content from the community try prime peter abelard author michael clanchy introduction betty radice translator 35 out of 5 . Heloise is the author of several bestselling books m t clanchy researches at the institute of historical research at the university of london betty radice read classics at oxford then married and in the intervals of bringing up a family tutored in classics philosophy and english. Heloise is the author of several bestselling books m t clanchy researches at the institute of historical research at the university of london betty radice read classics at oxford then married and in the intervals of bringing up a family tutored in classics philosophy and english. This is the revised edition of betty radices translation in which michael clanchy the biographer of abelard updates the scholarship on the letters and the lovers. Peter abelard was a french philosopher and the greatest logician of the 12th century he taught in paris where heloise was his pupil after the tragic end of their marriage she became a nun and he a monk betty radice was the editor of the penguin classics during the 1960s and 70s and an acclaimed translator from latin greek italian michael clanchy researches at the institute of