The Late Mr. ShakespeareOur guide to the life of the Bard is an actor called Pickleherring, who asserts that as a boy he was an original member of Shakespeare's acting troupe. In an attic above a brothel in Restoration London—a half century after Shakespeare has departed the stage—Pickleherring, now an old man, sits down to write the full story of his former friend, mentor, and master. Fond, faithful Pickleherring has forgotten nothing over the years, and using sources both firsthand and far-fetched he means to set the record straight. Was Shakespeare ever actually "in love"? Did he write his own plays? Who was the Dark Lady of the Sonnets? Brilliantly in tune with today's Shakespeare renaissance, Robert Nye gives us an outrageous, language-loving, and edifying romp through the life and times of the greatest writer who ever lived. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. |
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... heart thumped in my breast. I felt as if I had suddenly grown taller by an inch. Well now, my dears, it happens that this part of Prince Arthur might contain the key as to why Mr Shakespeare first noticed me and thought to give me ...
... heart thumped in my breast. I felt as if I had suddenly grown taller by an inch. Well now, my dears, it happens that this part of Prince Arthur might contain the key as to why Mr Shakespeare first noticed me and thought to give me ...
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... heart, or a want of imagination, or of both wants together, and only went to prove my mediocrity. Mr Ben Jonson said nothing, but belched and hurled a flagon at my head. It was an empty flagon, naturally. Ladies and gentlemen, Beroaldus ...
... heart, or a want of imagination, or of both wants together, and only went to prove my mediocrity. Mr Ben Jonson said nothing, but belched and hurled a flagon at my head. It was an empty flagon, naturally. Ladies and gentlemen, Beroaldus ...
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... heart of the forest, where all the ways meet to make a crossroads. Mary Shakespeare's weeping without ceasing now. Mary Shakespeare knows he means the gallows. Her husband drags her on through the black wood. When they reach the gallows ...
... heart of the forest, where all the ways meet to make a crossroads. Mary Shakespeare's weeping without ceasing now. Mary Shakespeare knows he means the gallows. Her husband drags her on through the black wood. When they reach the gallows ...
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... heart of England. (And I heard Mr Shakespeare once call Michael Drayton seven sorts of an ass.) Other wise men remark that none of our counties is richer in truly English features, and that none has more verdant or more pleasing meadows ...
... heart of England. (And I heard Mr Shakespeare once call Michael Drayton seven sorts of an ass.) Other wise men remark that none of our counties is richer in truly English features, and that none has more verdant or more pleasing meadows ...
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... heart pounding, his imagination in tatters, his eyes starting out of his head, his knees knocking together and his breath coming in great shuddering gasps, the unworthy Reverend Bretchgirdle withdraws, defeated, and creeps speechless ...
... heart pounding, his imagination in tatters, his eyes starting out of his head, his knees knocking together and his breath coming in great shuddering gasps, the unworthy Reverend Bretchgirdle withdraws, defeated, and creeps speechless ...
Contents
his first word the otters | |
Was John Shakespeare John Falstaff? | |
How Shakespeares mother played with | |
What this book is doing | |
Shakespeare breeches | |
Pickleherrings room in which he is writing this book | |
The Man in the Moon or Pickleherring in praise of country history | |
Positively the last word about whittawers | |
What if Queen Elizabeth was Shakespeares mother? | |
The Shakespeare Arms | |
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