Bartholomew Fair
Bartholomew Fair

Author: Ben Jonson

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780719051500

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Bartholomew Fair is the climactic play of Ben Jonson's great comic period. Using the fair as a symbolic representation of religious, social, and political conflicts in Jacobean England, Jonson satirizes Puritans, fortune hunters, country bumpkins, and inept representatives of the justice system, along with sharpsters and con men who inhabit the fair. This edition is the first to use the findings of feminist scholarship in examining the play's concern with forced marriage, pregnancy, sexual commerce, and widowhood.

Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair
Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair

Author: Henry Morley

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-02-13

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 3382303051

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Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Bartholomew Fair
Bartholomew Fair

Author: Ann Swinfen

Publisher: Canelo

Published: 2022-06-27

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 1804361127

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All is fair in love and war... When Bartholomew Fair, London’s largest public festival, is threatened in 1589 by five hundred armed soldiers dismissed from service without pay, the authorities must act swiftly and decisively to prevent trouble. Yet other unrest is brewing. Young physician and code-breaker Christoval Alvarez stumbles upon a sinister troupe of Italian puppeteers hellbent on causing chaos, but it soon becomes apparent that more than mischief is in the air. Sir Francis Walsingham’s agents are baffled by the ill-assorted conspirators, including one of their own men. Time is running out, and a missing cache of gunpowder cannot be found... An exceptional historical mystery with a brilliant twist, perfect for fans of S. G. MacLean, Andrew Taylor and E. M. Powell.

London, a Social History
London, a Social History

Author: Roy Porter

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780674538399

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An extraordinary city, London grew from a backwater in the Classical Age into an important medieval city and significant Renaissance urban center to a modern colossus--full of a free people ever evolving. Roy Porter touches the pulse of his hometown and makes it our own, capturing London's fortunes, people, and imperial glory with vigor and wit. 58 photos.