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Title
The gentleman poet / Kathryn Johnson.
Edition
1st ed.
Created/published
New York : Avon A, ©2010.
Description
vi, 319 p. ; 22 cm
Associated name
Johnson, Kathryn, 1949 May 11- author.
Summary
"En route to the Americas in 1609, Elizabeth Persons, a young servant girl, sees her blinding headache as an ominous sign. Sure enough, a hurricane during the final leg of their journey tosses the ill-fated Sea Venture and its one hundred and fifty passengers and crew onto the dreaded shores of the Bermudas, the rumored home of evil spirits and dangerous natives. In the months that pass--time marked by grave hardship, mutiny, adventure, danger...and a blossoming love between Elizabeth and the wrecked ship's young cook--she despairs of their ever being rescued. But she finds hope and strength in a remarkable new friendship, forming a fast bond with the Sea Venture's historian, a poet traveling under the name of William Strachey. But Will is more than he seems. To many back home in England, he is known by a different name: Shakespeare. And he sees in their great shared travails the makings of a magical, truly transcendent work of theater"--Cover, p. 4.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2014. Shakespeare's the Thing. Opening: closed.
Genre/form
Biographical fiction.
Romance fiction.
Romance fiction.
Place of creation/publication
United States -- New York (State) -- New York.
Item Details
Call number
Sh.Misc. 2104
Folger-specific note
Gift of Georgianna Ziegler.
Folger accession
266144