- Fiction, Actors, Brothers, History
In the heart of Elizabethan England, Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London playhouses, a world dominated by his older brother, William. But he is a penniless actor, making ends meet through a combination of a beautiful face, petty theft and a silver tongue.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- HarperLuxe, Harpercollins, Harper Paperbacks
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780062792020
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Bernard Cornwell (born February 23, 1944) is an English author of historical novels, known for his meticulous research and engaging storytelling. Born in London, England, to a Canadian airman father and a mother in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, he was adopted by a family in Essex belonging to the Peculiar People sect. Cornwell attended London University and worked as a teacher before joining the BBC, where he spent a decade, eventually becoming Head of Current Affairs in Northern Ireland. Bernard Cornwell is renowned for his long-running series of novels, including the *Sharpe* series about Napoleonic Wars rifleman Richard Sharpe, the *Saxon Stories* (also known as *The Last Kingdom* seri
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