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基本信息·出版社：Dutton Adult
·页码：432 页
·出版日期：2007年09月
·ISBN：0525949704
·条形码：9780525949701
·装帧：精装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 在线阅读本书
A long-lost work of Shakespeare, newly found.
A killer who stages the Bard’s extravagant murders as flesh-and-blood realities.
A desperate race to find literary gold, and just to stay alive. . . . On the eve of the Globe’s production of
Hamlet, Shakespeare scholar and theater director Kate Stanley’s eccentric mentor Rosalind Howard gives her a mysterious box, claiming to have made a groundbreaking discovery. But before she can reveal it to Kate, the Globe burns to the ground and Roz is found dead . . . murdered precisely in the manner of Hamlet’s father. Inside the box Kate finds the first piece in a Shakespearean puzzle, setting her on a deadly, high-stakes treasure hunt.
From London to Harvard to the American West, Kate races to evade a killer and decipher a tantalizing string of clues, hidden in the words of Shakespeare, that may unlock literary history’s greatest secret. At once suspenseful and elegantly written,
Interred with Their Bones is poised to become the next bestselling literary adventure in the tradition of
The Thirteenth Tale and
The Historian.
作者简介 Jennifer Lee Carrell holds a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Harvard University and is the author of
The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox. In addition to writing for
Smithsonian magazine, Carrell has taught in the history and literature program at Harvard and directed Shakespeare for Harvard’s Hyperion Theatre Company.
专业书评 From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Plot twists worthy of
The Da Vinci Code dominate this agile first novel from Carrell (
The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox), a thriller involving a lost Shakespeare play,
The History of Cardenio. On a June day in 2004, at London's rebuilt Globe theater, Rosalind Howard, flamboyantly eccentric Harvard Professor of Shakespeare, gives her friend Katharine Stanley, who's directing a production of
Hamlet at the Globe, a small gold-wrapped box. That evening, a fire damages the Globe, where Roz is found murdered in the same manner as Hamlet's father. Roz's mysterious gift, which contains a Victorian mourning brooch decorated with flowers associated with Ophelia, propels Kate on a wild and wide-ranging quest that takes her to Utah; Arizona; Washington, D.C.; and back to London. Every step of the way, as the bodies pile up, Kate narrowly escapes becoming the next murder victim. From Shakespeare conferences to desert mines, from the present to the past, this spirited and action-packed novel delivers constant excitement.
Foreign rights sold in 20 countries. (Sept.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From AudioFile Kathleen McNenny narrates this action-filled mystery about long-lost Shakespeare manuscripts in an able and entertaining manner. Admittedly, the action is farfetched, but McNennys smooth voice and upbeat pacing remind us its also lots of fun. When American Shakespeare scholar Kate Stanley receives a mysterious box from a friend who is soon murdered, she sets off to solve the mystery and the crime. McNenny portrays Kate with the right mix of academic navet and breathless enthusiasm. She has fun with a range of British accents and is particularly skilled at creating believable male characters, from a seductive private detective to a posh church official. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine--
Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
