{"product_id":"chasing-shakespeares-paperback","title":"Chasing Shakespeares - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best novel about the Bard since Nothing Like the Sun\"-- Samuel R. Delany\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo graduate students, not alike in dignity: Joe Roper is a poor boy from Vermont, an aspiring Shakespeare biographer, who's found a letter from William Shakespeare--saying he didn't write the plays. \u003cbr\u003ePosy's a Hollywood producer's daughter from Harvard. She's never met a high concept she didn't like, and she likes this one.\u003cbr\u003ePosy wants to expose Shakespeare as a fraud and make the movie. Joe wants to save Shakespeare.\u003cbr\u003eThe two literary sleuths head for London to prove their clashing theories. But they find themselves in a world where the London Eye looks out over Shakespeare's city, Hollywood producers rub elbows with Elizabethan spies, and mystery shadows the heart of Westminster Abbey and the lanes of rural England.\u003cbr\u003eAnd Joe and Posy find that, when you start chasing Shakespeares, what you find is not only who he was, but who you are, and how far you're willing to go... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wonderfully entertaining, thought-provoking, and highly readable--a stunning combination of fascinating fact and exciting fiction.\"--Sir Derek Jacobi \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anyone who enjoyed A.S. Byatt's \u003ci\u003ePossession \u003c\/i\u003eor Josephine Tey's \u003ci\u003eThe Daughter of Time\u003c\/i\u003e will be suitably charmed-and enlightened. Literate, polished literary entertainment.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Smart, sexy modern-day mystery reminiscent of A.S. Byatt's \u003ci\u003ePossession\u003c\/i\u003e\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Marjorie Garber, meet Reese Witherspoon\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A remarkable achievement, blending history and fantasy, past and present, ideas and emotions into a seamless whole that is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking.\" --Iain Pears, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Instance of the Fingerpost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By page five I forgot I was reading to comment and began reading to devour. \u003ci\u003eChasing Shakespeares\u003c\/i\u003e is breezy, erudite, never ponderous, a love story about how we make our heroes, and how they make us.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Gregory Maguire, author of \u003ci\u003eWicked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Romance, intrigue, and the literary whodunit of our time--\u003ci\u003eChasing Shakespeares\u003c\/i\u003e is a romp and I savored every moment of it.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Hallie Ephron, author of \u003ci\u003eCareful What You Wish For\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant and moving work! Sarah Smith gives Josephine Tey a run for her money, revealing vividly a slice of history we never knew we could believe in, intertwined with engrossing modern characters.\"-Ellen Kushner, author of \u003ci\u003eSwordspoint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNEIBA Bestseller--\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e four stars\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52549575442739,"sku":"9781951636173","price":27.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UzRDdWZ3dVNTL2Q5dEMwdFVQSGw5dz09.webp?v=1761051538","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/chasing-shakespeares-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}