The Shakespeare Stealer

图书标准信息

• 作者 Gary Blackwood 著
• 出版社 Puffin
• 出版时间 2000-07
• ISBN 9780141305950
• 定价 51.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Shakespeare Stealer

【内容简介】

Highjinksandhighadventurefilleverypageofthisexciting,panoramicnovelsetinShakespeare’stime.Widge,ourhero,isayoungorphanindenturedtoacold,unscrupulousmasterbecausetheyoungboyhasaspecialtalent—theabilitytowriteasecretshorthand.ThemasterisbentongettingholdofthescriptofHamletatanycost,soitbecomesWidge’stasktotranscribeit—orelse.ThispicaresquetalefollowsWidgeashehightailshiswayintotheveryheartoftheGlobeTheatreandShakespeare’scompanyofplayers.AsfulloftwistsasaLondonalleyway,thisentertainingnovelisrichinperioddetails,colorfulcharacters,villainy,drama,andchuckles.Swordplayandwordplaysharethestagewithpurefun,allofwhichwillkeepreadersrapttothefinalscene.AyoungorphanboyisorderedbyhismastertoinfiltrateShakespeare'sactingtroupeinordertostealthescriptof"Hamlet,"buthediscoversinsteadthemeaningoffriendshipandloyalty.

【作者简介】

GaryL.Blackwoodsoldhisfirststorywhenhewasnineteen,andhasbeenwritingandpublishingstories,articles,plays,novels,andnonfictionbooksregularlyeversince.Hisstageplayshavewonawardsandbeenproducedinuniversityandregionaltheatre.Nonfictionsubjectshe'scoveredincludebiography,history,andparanormalphenomena.Hisjuvenilenovels,whichincludeWILDTIMOTHY,THEDYINGSUN,andTHESHAKESPEARESTEALER,aresetinawiderangeoftimesandplaces,fromElizabethanEnglandtoaparalleluniverse.Severalhavereceivedspecialrecognitionandbeentranslatedintootherlanguages.HeandhiswifeandkidsliveoutsideCarthage,MO.