02213cam a2200385 i 4500 424320062 TxAuBib 20180116120000.0 180117s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2017046763 9780062250872 0062250876 9780007504121 0007504128 9780007504152 0007504152 (OCoLC)983417902 YDX eng rda YDX FN4 AUCPL JTJ WYZ OCLCF TXB LNC LE@ QX9 TCH IMT BDX WPLBT IUK ZHB FMB YDX ORK NVQ TXMAL OQX CG4 TxAuBib rda Cornwell, Bernard. Fools and mortals : a novel / Bernard Cornwell. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] ©2018. 370 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 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 part of a lifetime. 20180116. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Fiction. Actors Fiction. Brothers Fiction. Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Fiction. London (England) Fiction.