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The Final Act of Mr Shakespeare
Robert Winder
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Description for The Final Act of Mr Shakespeare
Paperback. * In this fascinating and thrilling novel, Robert Winder brilliantly imagines the writing of Shakespeare's missing royal play, Henry VII, and creates a suspenseful page-turner as well as a literary tour de force Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 196 x 29. Weight in Grams: 352.
In the spring of 1613 Mr William Shakespeare, a gentleman farmer in Warwickshire, returns to London. It is a ceremonial visit; he has no further theatrical ambitions. But the city is still reeling from the terrorist panic of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, and fate soon forces him to take up his pen again. It was never possible to write about Henry VII while his granddaughter Elizabeth was Queen, but now he must. It is a perilous enterprise: King James I's spies are everywhere.
There is no evidence that Shakespeare wrote Henry VII, but in a compelling piece of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349122502
SKU
9780349122502
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Robert Winder
Robert Winder was literary editor of the INDEPENDENT for five years and deputy editor of Granta magazine. He has written two novels and the bestselling Abacus non-fiction title BLOODY FOREIGNERS.
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