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The secret life of William Shakespeare

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Format: Hardback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: General & literary fiction
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Imprint: Headline Review
Publication Date: 12/06/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

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The greatest writer of them all, brought to glorious life. How well do you know the man you love? How much do you think you know about Shakespeare? What if they were one and the same? He is an ordinary man: unwilling craftsman, ambitious actor, resentful son, almost good-enough husband. And he is also a genius. The story of how a glove-maker from Warwickshire became the greatest writer of them all is vaguely known to most of us, but it would take an exceptional modern novelist to bring him to life. And now at last Jude Morgan, acclaimed author of Passion and The Taste of Sorrow, has taken Shakespeare's life, and created a masterpiece.

'In this brilliant evocation of mid-16th century, full of atmosphere and detail, we follow not only the young man's journey but that of Anne's too... the lives of Kit Marlowe and Ben Johnson are expertly woven through Will's story and the author fleshes out his protagonists and their relationships so perfectly that the reader cannot help but become immersed in their joys and sorrows' -- Choice Magazine 'Happy to combine romance with academic investigation, Morgan places Shakespeare's relationship with his wife at the novel's heart... he introduces encounters that we understand will be later incorporated into his plays *****' -- The Lady 'This beautifully written novel convincingly recreates the Elizabethan world' -- Press Association

Title: The secret life of William Shakespeare
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Contributors: By (author) Jude Morgan

ISBN 13: 9780755358229
ISBN 10: 0755358228

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Imprint: Headline Review
Publication Date: 12/06/2012
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
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BIC Subjects: General & literary fiction
NBS Classification: Biography: Literary
Dewey Classification: 822.33 (DC22)

Format: Hardback
Pages: 400
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Thickness: 35mm
Weight: 650g