The Staple of News

The Staple of News

Author: Ben Jonson

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780719059063

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This edition offers a modernized text based on a fresh collation of the 1631-1640 folio, together with an account of the play's printing history, a full commentary which sets Jonson's art in its intellectual and social context, and an introduction which seeks to do justice to the play's braod scope and to suggest something of its theatrical potential.


The Rippon Spurrier

The Rippon Spurrier

Author: C. J. Richardson

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09-29

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 9781739923808

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Talented spurrier Robert Gray has always admired his late father Alfred for taking part in the Pilgrimage of Grace many years ago, so he jumps at the chance to march alongside his own master in a rebellion against the heretic Queen Elizabeth in the autumn of 1569. As a staunch Catholic, taking part in this holy war would be a dream come true. He did not expect that dream would put his wife Catherine and their unborn child in mortal danger. Harry, Robert's lifelong friend, who lost his father on the same pilgrimage, suddenly turns against Robert, saying it was Robert's father who caused his father's death. Robert is hurt and angry that Harry would dishonour the name of the man who raised him as his own. He swears to kill Harry if their paths should ever cross again. Can a lifetime's friendship be repaired after such a blow, or will one of them die in the attempt? As he sets out to join the earls, Robert is determined to uncover the mystery surrounding his own father's death ten years after the pilgrimage. But one man will stop at nothing to ensure that secret remains buried. Catherine is heavily pregnant. The daughter of a healer and, if that wasn't enough to make people distrust her, she only has sight in one eye, caused by a childhood accident. Will she finally uncover the truth behind the accident and her disturbing visions?


Clarke and Spurrier's Fine Wine Guide

Clarke and Spurrier's Fine Wine Guide

Author: Oz Clarke

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780151009183

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An updated edition of the guide tothe best wines in the world by two of the world's most knowledgeable and entertaining wine experts. This handsome, updated edition of Clarke & Spurrier's Fine Wine Guide is the ultimate ready-reference to the world's best wine-for buying, for estimating the value of your collection, for restaurant selection, for investing. Organized by wine region with an alphabetical list of the top wine names and leading producers in every major wine-producing country, the guide is fully cross-referenced for ease of use. In this completely redesigned elegant and enduring format, these two expert authors survey the world of wine and bring you its best-not necessarily the famous Bordeaux growths, but the best wine from around the globe.