May 10, 2007 | Books - Reviews - Shakespeare
I was contacted by a reviewer this past weekend. She quite liked MV, confessing to pulling an all-nighter to finish it. Which is very cheering, despite my bizarre yet compelling need to apologize for keeping her awake. She also had some questions. A couple were easy...
Oct 26, 2006 | Books - The Novel
Outside Verona On a borrowed – stolen! – horse, Pietro tried to keep up with Mariotto and Antony as they tore after the Capitano. Already he was out of sight. Blessedly they’d taken the time to saddle their horses, something Cangrande hadn’t bothered with. It was not...
Aug 27, 2006 | Shakespeare - The Novel
The good humor on the loggia gave way to hunger as the smells drifting from the dining-hall – wine, spiced meat, melting cheese, warm bread and olive-oil – started men salivating. Pietro was singing a ribald chorus with the groom’s friends, hoping his father wasn’t...
Aug 12, 2006 | Shakespeare - The Novel
The Abbot of San Zeno was about to continue the argument, but the Capitano had evidently heard enough. Canting his head to one side, he addressed his fool. “This talk of poetry has put me in the mind to hear some. Come, rascal, entertain us briefly before we dine.”...
