Fools and Mortals.**

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around b/w contemporary London panorama illustration to top+ lower edges with superimposed,facsimile extract of Shakespeare's last will on a red background,with embossed gilt and white ink printed letters to both front+spine/backstrip, white lettering to rear; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges clean with faint toning but still bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate grey contemporary Elizabethan-costumed male+ female figures to grey background of facsimile reproduced contemporary handwriting illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-369pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 comprising 12 chapters+ Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a double-page b/w contemporary (1590) London map illustration,dialogue extracts from A Midsummer Night's Dream,individual Pts separator pages each with contemporary Elizabethan facsimile illustration reproductions,and to rear 3pp publisher's lists of author's other published titles.
In the heart of Elizabethan England,Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London playhouses,a world dominated by his older brother, William. But he is a penniless actor, making ends meet through a combination of a beautiful face,petty theft and a silver tongue. Increasingly estranged from his brother as William's star rises,Richard's onetime gratitude is souring and he is sorely tempted to abandon family loyalty.
So when a priceless manuscript goes missing, suspicion falls upon Richard,forcing him onto a perilous path through a bawdy and frequently brutal London.Entangled in a high stakes game of duplicity and betrayal which threatens not only his career and potential fortune,but also the lives of his fellow players,Richard has to call on all he has now learned from the brightest stages and the darkest alleyways of the city.To avoid the gallows,he must play the role of a lifetime.
'Fools and Mortals' is a richly portrayed tour de force with all Bernard Cornwell's hallmark storytelling and a remarkable cast of characters,you walk the streets, explore the palaces,experience the scandals,rivalries and fierce ambitions,and stand side by side with the men and women of Elizabethan London.
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