May 4, 2012 | Books - Shakespeare - Theatre
Longtime readers of this blog will certainly recognize the centerpiece of this collection – my take on the origin of the Capulet-Montague feud which led to the writing of THE MASTER OF VERONA. But I've gone much further in this collection of essays,...
May 2, 2012 | Shakespeare - Theatre
My wife and I have penned several short essays on Shakespeare's MACBETH. Fans of this blog will recognize a couple – our take on the famous Tomorrow & Tomorrow speech has long been a staple here. But we've expanded on that piece, along with several...
Apr 30, 2012 | Books - Shakespeare - The Novel
Some stories are part of a grand narrative. Some are small, insular, intimate. But no less deserving to be told. Collected here are three short stories from the world outside Verona's walls – Vicenza, Padua, and Avignon. These pieces of Blixt's...
Apr 28, 2012 | Books - Shakespeare - The Novel - Theatre
Before he was famous, he was a fugitive. Before he wrote of humanity, he lived it.Before he was the Bard of Avon, he was a spy. A very poor spy. England, 1586. Swept up in the skirts of a mysterious stranger, Will Shakespeare becomes entangled in a deadly and...
Apr 27, 2012 | Shakespeare - The Novel
While the brilliant and wily Cesco is schooled in his new duties at the hand of a hard master, Pietro Alaghieri travels to Avignon, current seat of the Papacy, to fight his excommunication and plead for Cesco's legitimacy. But an old foe has been waiting for this...
Apr 26, 2012 | Books - Shakespeare - The Novel
Romeo & Juliet is the greatest love story ever told. And every story has a beginning. A sweeping novel of Renaissance Italy, THE MASTER OF VERONA follows Pietro Alaghieri, eldest son of the poet Dante, as he’s caught up by the charisma and genius of Verona’s...
