William Shakespeare (aka Will Fallow) is challenged to a swimming race in the canals of Venice during which an attempt is made on his life.
Shakespeare's death has been ordered by the Pope as part of the conspiracy to depose Queen Elizabeth and Phillip of Spain.
The book is set out as a play with scene changes and a list of Dramatis Personae. It also has the wit and double meanings of the original Bard and is littered with quotes from Shakespeare's plays.
A clever book which I shall definitely read but not until I have read the first in the series The Spy of Venice.
Shakespeare's death has been ordered by the Pope as part of the conspiracy to depose Queen Elizabeth and Phillip of Spain.
The book is set out as a play with scene changes and a list of Dramatis Personae. It also has the wit and double meanings of the original Bard and is littered with quotes from Shakespeare's plays.
A clever book which I shall definitely read but not until I have read the first in the series The Spy of Venice.