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- This product had a total of 184 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 22 2019.
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Heres one a noticeable absence of characters who are anything other than men
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Its just a shame cornwell seems to have forgotten them as well
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Bit slow to start but picked up as it went along
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Not quite what you would call one of his typical novels
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Bernard cornwell changes gears and writes a thrilling novel about the birth of theatres in elizabethan england
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Alls well that ends well and the characters like a shakespearean comedy all fall into place
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Beautifully and lyrically written fools and mortals provides a detailed picture into the birth of english theater and manages to humanize the players so that the reader can lose themselves in the blurry lines of the actors and audience
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The story is told from the point of view of shakespeares younger brother richard a talented actor who manages to get himself into unsavory and frightening situations including having to steal back two of shakespeares manuscripts from a rival company