Richard of Conisbrough (Conisbrough Castle, Band 5) - Softcover

Webster, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798224847983

Verlag: EKP, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

Richard of Conisbrough was born in Conisbrough Castle only a few hundred yards from the author's family home in Castle Avenue, and of all the great noblemen who owned Conisbrough Castle, he was the one who spent most time there. Rather than tell his story in novel form, as the author has done with other castle characters, he has chosen to tell it in the form of a play in the style of William Shakespeare. Richard's story is well-suited to a play in this style of William Shakespeare as it is a prequel to the story of Richard III. Part of the subject matter, the Southampton Plot, was treated by the bard in his play Henry V, and the main character is typical of many 'bastard' malcontents of Elizabethan drama, such as Don John in Measure for Measure. It is, of course, nowhere near up the the standard of the Bard, but there are some felicitous passages (mainly stolen from him), and those who know and love Conisbrough will appreciate this retelling of Richard's story.

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I was brought up in Conisbrough, went to Station Road School, and have lived at various times on Daylands Avenue, Roberts Avenue and Castle Avenue. The town, with its rich history and magnificent castle, has been an important influence in my life and has inspired some of my best work. I read English at St David’s, Lampeter and Leeds University, and am now a teacher and writer. I started by writing poetry - but nobody read it, so I tried another of my interests: Dark Age fiction - Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and so on. I know what you're thinking (get a life!) but it's a popular niche, and I found that people were actually reading my books. I also write Science Fiction, Jane Austen sequels, all sorts of other stuff - and more poetry (poetry is like a drug for me and I can't give it up). I also write education publications, mainly study notes, which sell far more than anything else I write. Every now and then I return to my major project which is a Dark Age Pentalogy intended to be 1000+ pages long (it's a prose version of my book, Angleland, which is available in etext and paperback). I'm up to page 25 at the moment (just kidding - I have a draft of the whole thing, but it's going to take a lot more long and lonely nights to make it readable). I am always delighted to receive feedback on my books and can be contacted at xopherw@hotmail.com.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: EKP
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798224847983
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 78
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