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Will (2007)

di Christopher Rush

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March 1616: William Shakespeare is dying, with his lawyer at his bedside. It is time to dictate his will. But how can a man put his affairs in order before he's come to terms with his past? The author takes us back to Shakespeare's childhood, his first encounters with sex, and the dangers of politics, plague, and love. We hear the chilling account of the Tyburn executions, see him crossing the frozen Thames with the wooden beams that would become the Globe theater, and return with him to Stratford on the heartbreaking journey to bury his only son.… (altro)

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William Shakespeare is dying and his last will and testament needs urgent attention. It is March 1616. Will's lawyer, Francis Collins, is at the Stratford deathbed, and is privy to the great dramatist's final words. The will must be watertight if his client's son-in-law, the execrable Thomas Quiney, is not to benefit by his death.

Roger_Scoppie | Apr 3, 2013 |

Affected, artificial, boring. Much of it written in pseudo-quotes from the plays, much as an unwilling schoolboy might write on his way to school. I found it hard to screw my courage to the sticking place and gave up (

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vguy | Jan 1, 2013 |

This book imagines Shakespeare on his deathbed, remembering the story of his life. It's dense with puns, poetry and allusions to the plays - for example, in the story of his childhood you are shown all the influences which created his imagination, his beliefs and his personality. It's also crammed full of sex, violence (political violence against humans and butchery against animals), and bodily functions. I did enjoy reading it, but it would have been far better at about half of the 600 pages. (

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wandering_star | Jun 22, 2010 |

I'm a little worried - I started this book last night with high hopes and the first dozen or so pages were, well, awful and difficult to follow. I will read a bit more before deciding but I think this one might be a goner.

chmessing | Feb 2, 2010 |

A wild psychedelic ride through the last hours of a dying man's mind, where that man is William Shakespeare. Shakespeare recounts his life as he dictates his last will to his lawyer friend. A clever device as Shakespeare's will is one of the very few documents left about him.

There are some longuers but this is a book to savour if you love language and you love Shakespeare. Christopher Rush has woven the plays into the life.

If too many adverbs, adjectives, allusions and alliterations are never enough, you will love this book. (

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pierthinker | Jan 10, 2009 |

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March 1616: William Shakespeare is dying, with his lawyer at his bedside. It is time to dictate his will. But how can a man put his affairs in order before he's come to terms with his past? The author takes us back to Shakespeare's childhood, his first encounters with sex, and the dangers of politics, plague, and love. We hear the chilling account of the Tyburn executions, see him crossing the frozen Thames with the wooden beams that would become the Globe theater, and return with him to Stratford on the heartbreaking journey to bury his only son.

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