Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts

ISBN-13: 9781472958204 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 368 str.

Kathryn Harkup

Opis

An in-depth look at the science behind the creative methods Shakespeare used to kill off his characters

Recenzje

Harkup's enjoyable and informative survey presents this somatic Shakespeare for the Horrible Histories generation. Times Literary Supplement 20200417

Spis treści

I shall offend, either to detain or give it. The contents, as in part I understand them, are to blame.King Lear, Act 1, Scene 2Prologue Chapter 1: Our Humble AuthorChapter 2: All the World's a StageChapter 3: Will You Be Cured of Your Infirmity?Chapter 4: Off With His Head!Chapter 5: Murder, Murder!Chapter 6: The Dogs of WarChapter 7: A Plague O'both Your Houses!Chapter 8: Most Delicious PoisonChapter 9: To Be, or Not to BeChapter 10: Excessive Grief the Enemy to the LivingChapter 11: Exit Pursued by a BearEpilogueAppendixBibliographyAcknowledgementsIndex

O autorze

Kathryn Harkup is a former chemist turned author. She writes and gives regular public talks on the disgusting and dangerous side of science. Her first book was the international best-seller A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie, which was shortlisted for a Mystery Readers International Macavity Award and a BMA Book Award. She has also written Making the Monster: The Science of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts, and her latest book is Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond. @RotwangsRobot