Overview
In 1624 London, a brave printer is executed, a portly poet is kidnapped, a Stratford-upon-Avon grave is emptied, King James is put into a panic, many swashes are buckled, and things are never as they seem, all because brave Nicholas and clever Valentina are about to discover and reveal the true identity of ""William Shake-speare."" This is a timely tale that touches on the powerful love of fathers, the perils of the plague, the joys of turnips, and the mysterious life and tragic death of the Bard of Avon. It is a (mostly) true story filled with suspense and humor. Winner: Book of the Year 2nd Runner-Up, Best New Author, Best Fiction Audiobook, Hawthorne Prize Finalist.
Full Product Details
Author: Ron Destro
Publisher: Contempo Publishing
Imprint: Contempo Publishing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.336kg
ISBN: 9780645807714
ISBN 10: 0645807710
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 31 August 2023
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""This is a beautiful story. It was a joy to read, a tale of depth and detail. One that will certainly enthral any reader. It's controversial and provocative, which is eminently attractive, and the journey is excitingly powerful.""- Sir Derek Jacobi, Tony & BAFTA award-winning actor. ""The Starre, the Moone, the Sunne has all the mystery and suspense of Harry Potter and even more substance, with literary sleuths in a romp up and down and all around the Elizabethan-Shakespearean matrix. Ron Destro's narrator is endowed with consistently ingenious dialect, and Derek Jacobi has a field day in the audiobook exercising his sublime elocutions on the clever word bending."" - William Niederkorn, artist and writer who has written about authorship issues for The Brooklyn Rail and The New York Times. ""When one of the world's leading Shakespeare scholars and teachers pens a novel about who truly conceived and crafted the entire Shakespearean canon, we mere mortals would be well advised to pay heed. What Ron Destro has gifted the world in The Starre, The Moone, The Sunne, is nothing less than the stuff that dreams are made on."" - Steve Cuden, Co-creator of Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical, Author of Beating Broadway and Beating Hollywood, host of StoryBeat.net ""It's rare to find an historical novel of the seventeenth century that is so vibrant, so Shakespearean in its storytelling, language and humor - one that feels authentic, yet utterly accessible - as The Starre, The Moone, The Sunne."" - Robin Maxwell, bestselling author of The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn and The Wild Irish."
Author Information
Ron is an award-winning writer and world-renowned Shakespearian actor. His research over the past 20 years into the true authorship of William Shakespeare uniquely qualifies him to tell the intriguing tale of The Starre, the Moone, the Sunne. As a member of Shakespeare authorship societies in the US and UK, he is often asked to lecture on the authorship topic at places like Harvard University, Chautauqua Institution and the Edinburgh Skeptics Society. Destro is the creator and writer of an Emmy Award-winning television show in China. He has trained with Pulitzer Prize-winner Tad Mosel, at the University of Southern California School of Drama, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Marymount Programme, and the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop. His work as a Shakespeare authorship researcher, together with his training and experience as an award-winning writer have made him uniquely qualified to tell this story.
