Secret Life of William Shakespeare - Hardcover
The greatest writer of them all, brought to glorious life. How well do you know the man you love? How much do you think you know about Shakespeare? What if they were one and the same? He is an ordinary man: unwilling craftsman, ambitious actor, resentful son, almost good-enough husband. And he is also a genius. The story of how a glove-maker from Warwickshire became the greatest writer of them all is vaguely known to most of us, but it would take an exceptional modern novelist to bring him to life. And now at last Jude Morgan, acclaimed author of Passion and The Taste of Sorrow, has taken Shakespeare's life, and created a masterpiece.
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Jude Morgan was born and brought up in Peterborough on the edge of the Fens and was a student on the University of East Anglia MA Course in Creative Writing under Malcolm Bradbury and Angela Carter.
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At the age of 18, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, a woman six years his senior and already pregnant. These facts, among a smattering of additional information, are really all that’s known about the early life of English literature’s most celebrated author. From this paucity of hard facts, novelist Morgan sets out to explore Shakespeare’s personal life in some comprehensive way. He is successful in some respects, bringing into sharp focus the voice of Anne Hathaway, weaving in the personalities of Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe, and laying out Elizabethan life in a way that feels authentic. Morgan is no stranger to literary historical fiction, and readers of his previous works, including a novel about the Brontės (Charlotte and Emily, 2010), will note that The Secret Life of William Shakespeare takes liberties with the Bard’s words, motivations, and personality while staying true to the spirit of the Shakespeare we all know and love. An entertaining read. --Heather Paulson
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- PublisherHeadline Library Hardbacks
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0755358228
- ISBN 13 9780755358229
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages400
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