The Spy of Venice
The Spy of Venice

Author: Benet Brandreth

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2018-08-07

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1681778459

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When he is caught by his wife in one ill-advised seduction too many, young William Shakespeare flees Stratford to seek his fortune. Cast adrift in London, Will falls in with a band of players, but greater men have their eye on this talented young wordsmith. England’s very survival hangs in the balance, and Will finds himself dispatched to Venice on a crucial assignment. Once there, Will is dazzled by the city’s masques and its beauties, but Catholic assassins would stop at nothing to end his mission on the point of their sharpened knives—and lurking in the shadows is a killer as clever as he is cruel.Suspenseful, seductive, and as sharp as an assassin’s blade, The Spy of Venice introduces a major new literary talent to the genre—thrilling if you’ve never read a word of Shakespeare and sublime if you have.

Shakespeare's Mystery Play
Shakespeare's Mystery Play

Author: Stephen T. Sohmer

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780719055669

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Through considerable detective work, this work sets out to show that Julius Caeser was the first play performed at the new Globe Theatre on 12 June 1599. Drawing on many areas of expertise, which are rarely allied in Shakespeare scholarship to such an extent, including biblical, liturgical, social and theatrical history, the author sheds new light not only on Julius Caeser but on a variety of accepted beliefs. These include: why Hamlet was not crowned king when his father died; why Brutus would not swear to murder Caeser; why the Elizabethan authorities retained the Julian calender; and why the orthodox dates of the first composition of both Twelfth Night and Hamlet can be called into question.

Secrets of Shakespeare's Grave
Secrets of Shakespeare's Grave

Author: Deron R. Hicks

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0547840349

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"The Da Vinci Code" meets Nancy Drew in this galloping middle-grade mystery about 12-year old Colophon Letterford and the ancient treasure left to her literary publishing family. Illustrations.

Shakespeare's Secret
Shakespeare's Secret

Author: Elise Broach

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007-08-21

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780312371326

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A missing diamond, a mysterious neighbor, a link to Shakespeare—can Hero uncover the connections?

The Mysterious William Shakespeare
The Mysterious William Shakespeare

Author: Charlton Ogburn

Publisher: Dodd Mead

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 920

ISBN-13:

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Contains the material gathered by the author's investigation into the identity of the real Shakespeare--Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford.

Shakespeare's Beehive
Shakespeare's Beehive

Author: George Koppelman

Publisher: Axletree Books

Published: 2015-10-01

Total Pages: 407

ISBN-13: 0692500324

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A study of manuscript annotations in a curious copy of John Baret's ALVEARIE, an Elizabethan dictionary published in 1580. This revised and expanded second edition presents new evidence and furthers the argument that the annotations were written by William Shakespeare. This ebook contains text in color, and images. We recommend reading it on a device that displays both.

Shakespeare and the Human Mystery
Shakespeare and the Human Mystery

Author: J. Philip Newell

Publisher: Paulist Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780809142491

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This vibrant and moving book investigates the mystery of our human nature, illuminating how Shakespeare's characters may be seen as expressions of what is deepest in us. Philip Newell introduces us to 'archetypes of the soul, ' such as the king and queen (seen for example in King Lear and Lady Macbeth); the lover and the friend (Juliet and Sir John Falstaff); the judge and the warrior (Shylock and King Henry IV); the seer and the mage (Hamlet and Pericles); and the fool and the contemplative (Bottom and King Richard II). The author's hope is that as we glimpse the depths of human nature through Shakespeare's eyes--take part in the journaling exercises included--we will become aware of a healing flow between our unconscious depths and conscious mind, enabling us to reconnect to what is truest in us and in all people. +

Shakespeare in Shorthand
Shakespeare in Shorthand

Author: Adele Davidson

Publisher: Associated University Presse

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780874130478

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The year 2008 marks the four hundredth anniversary of the first publication of King Lear, and for four centuries the play has remained a consummate bibliographical mystery. Winner of the 2007 Jay L. Halio prize for best manuscript in Shakespeare studies, Shakespeare in Shorthand demonstrates that many textual anomalies derive from the play's transcription in Elizabethan shorthand. The shorthand system of John Willis, Stenographie (1602), shows a high correlation with the unusual textual features found in the first quarto of Lear (1608). The patterns of variants in the quarto conform to Willis' rules regarding the reduction of diphthongs and digraphs and the omission of aspirated, doubled, or unsounded letters. In the past two decades the textual interrelation of quarto and folio (1623) Lear has proven one of the most contested issues in Shakespearean studies, and an examination of Stenographie reveals that some of these textual differences result not from authorial revision, but from transmission in abbreviated writing. Bibliographical evidence also indicates that some textual omissions from the folio version are neither authorial nor theatrical, but derive from the printing house.

The Shakespeare Secret
The Shakespeare Secret

Author: J. L. Carrell

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2010-01-07

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 0748116745

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A modern serial killer - hunting an ancient secret. A woman is left to die as the rebuilt Globe theatre burns. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the water. A professor has his throat slashed open on the steps of Washington's Capitol building. A deadly serial killer is on the loose, modelling his murders on Shakespeare's plays. But why is he killing? And how can he be stopped? A gripping, shocking page turner, The Shakespeare Secret masterfully combines modern murder and startling true revelations from the life of Shakespeare. It has been acclaimed as one of the most compulsively readable thrillers of recent years.