When an outbreak of the deadly plague closes the Globe Theater, Shakespeare's acting troupe sets off on a tour of England--and finds some real drama long the way.
As full of twists and turns as a London alleyway, this entertaining novel is rich in period details, colorful characters, villainy, and drama. * "A fast-moving historical novel that introduces an important era with casual familiarity.
Readers swept up in the first two adventures about Widge and Shakespeare's players will be enthralled yet again by this third tale with its dramatic twists and turns and an ending worthy of the Bard himself.
Amidst the noise and color of Elizabethan London, THE BOOK OF WILL finds an unforgettable true story of love, loss, and laughter, and sheds new light on a man you may think you know.
Now, in 1777-the year of the hangman-George Washington is awaiting execution, Benjamin Franklin's banned rebel newspaper, Liberty Tree, has gone underground, and young ne'er-do-well Creighton Brown, a fifteen-year-old Brit, has just arrived ...
When someone begins stealing from the company, Widge must guard Shakespeare's scripts with his life--especially the one Shakespeare gave him to finish, and, while trying to win the heart of the girl he adores, finds himself plunged into a ...
William Shakespeare, Charles Hamilton, John Fletcher. 4. Letters Written by Eminent Persons , II , Pt . 1 , 352 . 5. A.S.W. Rosenbach , “ The Curious - Impertinent in English dramatic literature before Shelton's translation of Don ...
In Shakespeare, Not Stirred, two professors mix equal parts booze and Bard to help you through your everyday dramas.
Rachel Kadish is the award-winning author of the novels From a Sealed Room, Tolstoy Lied: A Love Story and The Weight of Ink, as well as the novella I Was Here.
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Describes the history, purpose, and construction of medieval castles and the life of their various inhabitants.