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What I enjoyed most about Fools and Mortals was the bigger background and the way Cornwell brings the actors of the day to back-stage life. They are rough, hard-working and are handy with their oaths:
‘ ‘’What’s your first line?” Rust growled.
“Um…”
“Christ on his silver-painted cross! If I ever hear the word ‘um’ on this stage I will kill! I will kill! What’s your goddamned line?”
And I love the asides such as:
‘We are players, and we love an audience. Sometimes, if a play is going badly, it is easy to think of the audience as an enemy, but truly they are a part of the play, because an audience changes the way we perform.’
As true now as it ever was.
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🐕 Good, steady pace
2 authors picked Fools and Mortals as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
A dramatic new departure for international bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, FOOLS AND MORTALS takes us into the heart of the Elizabethan era, long one of his favourite periods of British history.
'With all the vivid history that is his trademark, Bernard Cornwell transports the readers to the playhouses, backstreets and palaces of Shakespeare's London with added depth and compassion' Philippa Gregory
In the heart of Elizabethan England, young Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in the London playhouses, dominated by his older brother, William. But as a penniless actor with a silver tongue, Richard's onetime gratitude begins to sour,…
