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Secret Life of William Shakespeare by Jude Morgan (2014, Hardcover)

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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.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-101250025036

ISBN-139781250025036

eBay Product ID (ePID)166423604

Product Key Features

Book TitleSecret Life of William Shakespeare

Number of Pages448 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicBiographical, Historical

GenreFiction

AuthorJude Morgan

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight18 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2013-045690

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"It's hard to imagine a better historical novel about the Bard than this one; in quality and power, it rivals Hilary Mantel's justly acclaimed books ( Wolf Hall; Bring Up the Bodies ) about Thomas Cromwell....Morgan's novel will stimulate the same literary enthusiasm for the Elizabethans." - Library Journal (starred review) "Morgan writes masterful characters...In a layered narrative with a richness that rewards measured reading, Morgan re-creates Shakespeare's Elizabethan milieu, every place and person rendered with near-perfect realism....A tour de force." - Kirkus Reviews "An imaginative, absorbing and totally believable story...[Morgan] even follows Shakespeare's lyrical meter and phraseology in this biography that's as lively as a Shakespeare comedy and as human as one of his dramas. Truly a delight to read. " - RT Book Reviews "An entertaining read." - Booklist, "It's hard to imagine a better historical novel about the Bard than this one; in quality and power, it rivals Hilary Mantel's justly acclaimed books ( Wolf Hall; Bring Up the Bodies ) about Thomas Cromwell....Morgan's novel will stimulate the same literary enthusiasm for the Elizabethans." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Morgan writes masterful characters...In a layered narrative with a richness that rewards measured reading, Morgan re-creates Shakespeare's Elizabethan milieu, every place and person rendered with near-perfect realism....A tour de force." -- Kirkus Reviews "An imaginative, absorbing and totally believable story...[Morgan] even follows Shakespeare's lyrical meter and phraseology in this biography that's as lively as a Shakespeare comedy and as human as one of his dramas. Truly a delight to read. " -- RT Book Reviews "An entertaining read." -- Booklist, Morgan writes masterful characters...In a layered narrative with a richness that rewards measured reading, Morgan re-creates Shakespeare's Elizabethan milieu, every place and person rendered with near-perfect realism....A tour de force., "Confident . . . accomplished . . . and infectious." - The Guardian "A bold recreation of the offstage life of Shakespeare." - The Independent "Morgan has convincingly and intelligently filled in the ,Lost Years' of Shakespeare's life with great atmosphere and panache. Not to be missed." - Daily Mail "Jude Morgan creates a personal life for Shakespeare in this absorbing, entirely believable piece of historical fiction. If this is not what William Shakespeare actually said and did, it certainly could have been." - The Scotsman, An imaginative, absorbing and totally believable story...[Morgan] even follows Shakespeare's lyrical meter and phraseology in this biography that's as lively as a Shakespeare comedy and as human as one of his dramas. Truly a delight to read. , An imaginative, absorbing and totally believable story...[Morgan] even follows Shakespeare's lyrical meter and phraseology in this biography that's as lively as a Shakespeare comedy and as human as one of his dramas. Truly a delight to read., "It's hard to imagine a better historical novel about the Bard than this one; in quality and power, it rivals Hilary Mantel's justly acclaimed books ( Wolf Hall; Bring UUp the Bodies ) about Thomas Cromwell....Morgan's novel will stimulate the same literary enthusiasm for the Elizabethans." - Library Journal (starred review), It's hard to imagine a better historical novel about the Bard than this one; in quality and power, it rivals Hilary Mantel's justly acclaimed books ( Wolf Hall; Bring Up the Bodies ) about Thomas Cromwell....Morgan's novel will stimulate the same literary enthusiasm for the Elizabethans.

Dewey Decimal823/.92

SynopsisNamed One of Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Books of 2014 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.

LC Classification NumberPR6113.O743S43 2014