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Tag Archives: Shakespeare
A Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England
A Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England© 2014 Ian Mortimer415 pages Previously Ian Mortimer has offered readers with access to a time machine a handbook for medieval England. Perhaps mystery plays based on Scripture are not your interest, however, and you’d … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged Britain, English Literature, English Reformation, history, Shakespeare, social history, Tudor England
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The World as Stage
Shakespeare: The World as Stage© 2007 Bill Bryson245 pages Shakespeare: The World as Stage surprised me when it arrived. Such a slender little volume for a man whose legacy is strong even today! Bryson’s aim is not to deliver a … Continue reading
Fools and Mortals
Fools and Mortals© 2017 Bernard Cornwell384 pages Brevity is the soul of wit, so here’s an attempt at a quick review. Bernard Cornwell usually writes war novels, and he’s magnificent at it. But he surely gets tired of it, and … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged Bernard Cornwell, Britain, historical fiction, London, Shakespeare, the play is the thing
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Shakespeare announcement
Bernard Cornwell chose this, the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, to announce his next novel: Fools and Mortals. It will follow young Richard Shakespeare as he tries to make his way in the acting world, dominated by his estranged older … Continue reading
The Quest for Shakespeare
The Quest for Shakespeare: the Bard of Avon and the Church of Rome© 2008 Joseph Pearce275 pages Although April 23rd is, historically, the feast of England’s patron saint George, it is also the anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. 2016 … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, Catholicism, English Reformation, Joseph Pearce, Shakespeare
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Ruled Britannia
Ruled Britannia© 2002 Harry Turtledove458 pages 1597. The 16th century is drawing to a close, and with it — seemingly — England’s fortunes. Nine years ago the vast Spanish armada triumphed in delivering its army to English shores, where grim … Continue reading
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Tagged alt-history, Britain, Harry Turtledove, Shakespeare, Tudor England
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