Mrs. Shakespeare - Hardcover

Nye, Robert

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ISBN 10: 1856191826 ISBN 13: 9781856191821

Publisher: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1993

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Writing her memoirs after her husband's death, Anne recalls in particular the week she went to London for the only time, summoned by Mr Shakespeare, and what happened to her in a strange bed above a fishmonger's shop. By the author of "Falstaff", winner of the Hawthornden and "Guardian" Prizes.

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Review:

`A bravura performance, ribald, witty, wonderfully verbose and alive.' -- 'The Observer'

`A little masterpiece... funny, tender and highly memorable.' -- 'Daily Telegraph'

"A fanciful, sidelong view of a mysterious, mismatched marriage
that ends on a surprisingly tender note." -- 'The Times'

There is much sensual pleasure to be had from Nye's writing. His
Elizabethan London is vivid." -- 'Independent on Sunday'

`His book's sly echoes in the mind make it a lasting pleasure.'
-- 'Mail on Sunday'

About the Author:

Robert Nye was born in London in 1939. His principal calling is poetry, and his A COLLECTION OF POEMS 1955-1988 was chosen by six critics as one of their Books of the Year. FALSTAFF, his second novel, was published in 1976 and won both Hawthornden Prize and the Guardian Fiction Prize. His subsequent historical novels include MERLIN, FAUST, THE VOYAGE OF THE DESTINY, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MY LORD GILLES DE RAIS and MRS SHAKESPEARE. His books have been translated into many languages, and he is also a respected literary journalist, having served for many years as poetry critic for The Times.

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