The Shakespeare Thefts: In Search of the First Folios - Hardcover

Rasmussen, Eric

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ISBN 10: 0230109411 ISBN 13: 9780230109414

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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One of the world's preeminent Shakespeare scholars takes readers on a rollicking journey to uncover the amazing stories behind the stolen First Folios

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'Detailed, humorous and absolutely fascinating, this is an impressive piece of detective work, a startling insight into human covetousness, and a delicious slice of Shakespearean lore.' - The Good Book Guide

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The first edition of Shakespeare's collected works, the First Folio, published in 1623, is one of the most valuable books in the world and has historically proven to be an attractive target for thieves. Of the 160 First Folios listed in a census of 1902, 14 were subsequently stolen-and only two of these were ever recovered. In his efforts to catalog all these precious First Folios, renowned Shakespeare scholar Eric Rasmussen embarked on a riveting journey around the globe, involving run-ins with heavily tattooed criminal street gangs in Tokyo, bizarre visits with eccentric, reclusive billionaires, and intense battles of wills with secretive librarians. He explores the intrigue surrounding the Earl of Pembroke, arguably Shakespeare's boyfriend, to whom the First Folio is dedicated and whose personal copy is still missing. He investigates the uncanny sequence of events in which a wealthy East Coast couple drowned in a boating accident and the next week their First Folio appeared for sale in Kansas. We hear about Folios that were censored, the pages ripped out of them, about a volume that was marked in red paint-or is it blood?-on every page; and of yet another that has a bullet lodged in its pages. Part literary detective story, part Shakespearean lore, The Shakespeare Thefts will charm the Bard's many fans.

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• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0230109411
• ISBN 13: 9780230109414
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240