The Shakespeare Stealer - Softcover

Blackwood, Gary L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0329220438 ISBN 13: 9780329220433

Publisher: Penguin Group USA

Synopsis

A panoramic novel set in Shakespeare's time finds Widge, a young orphan, possessing a special talent for shorthand that places him at the mercy of an unscrupulous master who would get the script of Hamlet at any cost. Jr Lib Guild.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Steal Shakespeare's play Hamlet... or else.

THAT'S THE ORDER FROM his fearsome master. And Widge -- a poor orphan with the rare ability to write a unique coded shorthand -- has no choice but to follow orders. So Widge works his way into the Globe Theatre, where Shakespeare's troupe rehearses and performs. The players take him in and treat him as one of their own. Afraid to disappoint his master, but unwilling to betray his new friends, Widge is torn. Will he secretly copy down the lines? Until he decides, he must play the part of his life.

About the Author:

Gary L. Blackwood sold his first story when he was nineteen, and has been writing and publishing stories, articles, plays, novels, and nonfiction books regularly ever since. His stage plays have won awards and been produced in university and regional theatre. Nonfiction subjects he's covered include biography, history, and paranormal phenomena. His juvenile novels, which include WILD TIMOTHY, THE DYING SUN, and THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER, are set in a wide range of times and places, from Elizabethan England to a parallel universe. Several have received special recognition and been translated into other languages. He and his wife and kids live outside Carthage, MO.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• ISBN 10: 0329220438
• ISBN 13: 9780329220433
• Binding: Paperback