Jul 22, 2006 | Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Travel
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Jul 17, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Travel
Vicenza The Following Morning The Count of San Bonifacio sat on horseback atop a hill overlooking the walls of San Pietro, a suburb of Vicenza. An old soldier, beneath the metal protecting his arms the muscles were thick from years of slinging a sword. The beefy hands...
Jul 16, 2006 | Shakespeare - Theatre
Kate and Petruchio (from The Taming of the Shrew) make an appearance in the novel. Actually, Petruchio makes several appearances, along with his cousin Ferdinand. A lark, but putting them in this tale was actually a textual choice based on lines in the party scene in...
Jul 15, 2006 | Books - Shakespeare - Theatre
A bit about names. Mariotto and Gianozza (also known as Lord and Lady Montague) are both taken from Masuccio Salernitano’s 33rd Novel from IL NOVELLINO – an early version of the R&J story involving secret marriages, deaths of kinsmen, and a young groom...
Jul 13, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Travel
Their escort had been hailed by the guard at the gate. The escort now shouted out the names of the passengers – one name, really, followed by “and his sons!” The city’s guards acknowledged the claim and came forward to confirm the number of passengers in the carriage....
Jul 10, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Travel
If asked, Pietro would have said he was a disappointment to his father. He hadn’t the wit to be a poet, and he was a poor manager for his father. Pietro thought that his little sister would be a better travelling companion for the great Dante. She had the mind for it....
