Sleep of Death: A Mystery of Shakespearean London - Couverture souple

Gooden, Philip

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786707623 ISBN 13 : 9780786707621

Editeur : Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc, 2000

Synopsis

History meets mystery with a new twist in this raucous, colorful debut novel set in the bustling theatrical world of Shakespeare and Marlowe during the reign of the formidable Elizabeth I. Fast-paced and sprightly, it takes Nick Revill, a young actor in the newly established Chamberlain's Men company at the Globe Theatre in Southwark, to a luxuriously appointed Thameside mansion where a black-clad youth has offered him temporary lodging. Learning upon his arrival that his melancholy host's father has just died and his mother has instantly remarried his uncle, Nick is naturally struck by the similarities between the young man's woeful story of the Eliot family and William Shakespeare's latest play for the Chamberlain's Men-Hamlet. Nick suspects foul play and sets out to discover the circumstances of the old man's death. Already convinced that something is indeed very rotten in the state of the wealthy Eliot household, Nick stumbles upon evidence that proves his host's father did not die a death entirely natural. More disturbingly, the finger of suspicion points toward Southwark, and Nick finds himself investigating his employer, the celebrated playwright and shareholder in the Chamberlain's Men: Mr. William Shakepeare.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the last decade of Elizabeth I’s reign, Nick Revill, an aspiring young actor, comes to London seeking fame and fortune. Once there he gains employment with the Chamberlain’s Men. Thrown out of his digs over an unfortunate accident, Nick is offered lodgings at a wealthy Thameside mansion by a black-clad youth whose father has just died and whose mother has remarried his uncle. Pondering on the similarities between the young man’s story and William Shakespeare’s newest tragedy, Hamlet, Nick is charged with the task of finding out whether foul play was involved in the death of the old man and hasty remarriage of his young, lusty wife. As Nick works his way ever closer to the truth, the finger of suspicion begins to point to his enigmatic employer Mr William Shakespeare – actor, author and shareholder in the Chamberlain’s Men

Revue de presse

The witty narrative, laced with puns and word play so popular in the period, makes this an enjoyable racy tale. --Sunday Telegraph

Another clever criminal plunge into history. --Guardian

Highly entertaining. --Sunday Times

Another clever criminal plunge into history. --Guardian

Highly entertaining. --Sunday Times

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786707623
• ISBN 13: 9780786707621
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible