Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in England in 1606 affected Shakespeare and shaped the three great tragedies he wrote that year--_King Lear_ , _Macbeth_ , and _Antony and Cleopatra_. In the years leading up to 1606, since the death of Queen Elizabeth an
Lear
โ Scribed by Jasinda Wilder
- Publisher
- Jasinda Wilder
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
It was supposed to be a one-night stand with a tall, wiry, handsome, slightly nerdy guy with oddly captivating green eyes. Those eyes were the only clue that there was a lot more to this guy than I'd first assumed--they were hard, wickedly intelligent, cunning eyes. They hid more than they revealed, and the name he gave, Lear, seemed made up. But he was sexy and he talked a good game, and I was in the mood for some fun.
Turns out, though, that the green-eyed nerd I'd so enjoyed sleeping with was no one to screw around with, either. And he doesn't like being forced to violence--which he was, in rescuing me. Not that I needed rescuing, mind you. I mean, there were a lot of them, and they were tough, and well-trained.
I could kick ass and takes names with the best black-ops commandos in the world, and this mysterious Lear seemed to be no slouch either. It would take all of our combined skills to stay alive, but that's not the part I was...
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"Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in England in 1606 affected Shakespeare and shaped the three great tragedies he wrote that year--King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra. In the years leading up to 1606, since the death of Queen Elizabeth and the arr