The Secret Life of William Shakespeare
A sumptuously detailed imagining of the private world of the master bard chronicles the transformation of an unwilling craftsman and resentful son into a husband, father and genius playwright in Renaissance London.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First U.S. Edition. |
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| Summary: | A sumptuously detailed imagining of the private world of the master bard chronicles the transformation of an unwilling craftsman and resentful son into a husband, father and genius playwright in Renaissance London. "There are so few established facts about how the son of a glove maker from Warwickshire became one of the greatest writers of all time that some people doubt he could really have written so many astonishing plays. We know that he married Anne Hathaway, who was pregnant and six years older than he, at the age of eighteen, and that one of their children died of the plague. We know that he left Stratford to seek his fortune in London, and eventually succeeded. He was clearly an unwilling craftsman, ambitious actor, resentful son, almost good-enough husband. But when and how did he also become a genius? The Secret Life of William Shakespeare pulls back the curtain to imagine what it might have really been like to be Shakespeare before a seemingly ordinary man became a legend. In the hands of acclaimed historical novelist Jude Morgan, this is a brilliantly convincing story of unforgettable richness, warmth, and immediacy"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 438 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781250025036 (hardback) 1250025036 (hardback) 9781250054838 (trade paperback) 1250054834 (trade paperback) |
| Author Notes: | JUDE MORGAN, who studied with Malcolm Bradbury and Angela Carter, lives in England. Morgan's previous works include Emily and Charlotte , a novel about the Brontë sisters; An Accomplished Woman; Symphony; Indiscretion; and Passion , which was called "one of the best books of 2005" by The Washington Post Book World ; and most recently A Little Folly. |
