Interred with Their Bones, Jennifer Lee Carrell
Interred with Their Bones, Jennifer Lee Carrell
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Interred with Their Bones

Author: Jennifer Lee Carrell

Narrator: Kathleen McNenny

Unabridged: 13 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/20/2007


Synopsis

“A feverishly paced action adventure” (The New York Times) about a long-lost Shakespeare work and a killer who reenacts the Bard’s most bloody murders

Jennifer Lee Carrell’s highly acclaimed debut novel is a brilliant, breathlessly paced literary adventure. The action begins on the eve of the Globe’s production of Hamlet when Shakespeare scholar and theater director Kate Stanley’s eccentric mentor Rosalind Howard gives her a mysterious box, claiming to have made a groundbreaking discovery. Before she can reveal it to Kate, the Globe is burned to the ground and Roz is found dead…murdered precisely in the manner of Hamlet’s father.

Inside the box Kate finds the first piece in a Shakespearean puzzle, setting her on a deadly, highstakes treasure hunt. From London to Harvard to the American West, Kate races to evade a killer and solve a tantalizing string of clues hidden in the words of Shakespeare, which may unlock one of history’s greatest secrets.

About The Author

Jennifer Lee Carrell holds a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Harvard University and is the author of The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox and the novel Interred with Their Bones. In addition to writing for Smithsonian magazine, Carrell has taught in the history and literature program at Harvard and has directed Shakespeare for Harvard’s Hyperion Theatre Company. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Deborah on 2011-03-03 21:10:29

If you don't like Shakespeare, don't even try to read this book. I read about 100 pages and I still have no idea of what they are talking about. I don't usually stop reading a book without finishing it, but this one I just couldn't read another page. Not good at all.

A long time ago, I had heard about a theory that Shakespeare did not write the plays he is credited with. He was just a “front” for some aristocrat who was the actual author. I attributed this theory to some imaginative conspiracy buff(s) and totally forgot about it. When I came across this book rec......more

Όταν ξεκίνησα να διαβάζω το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο το βρήκα ευχάριστο. Κ ναι μέχρι ένα σημείο, πίστευα ότι τελικά θα μου αρέσει πολύ. Ανάλαφρη περιπέτεια μυστηρίου, με τον δολοφόνο της κ πολλά κουτσομπολιά για τον Ουίλιαμ Σαίξπηρ. Τι μπορεί να πάει στραβά; Το πιο σημαντικό από όλα. Αλλοπρόσαλλα, ακαταλ......more

Goodreads review by Angela

I have a confession to make, and it is this: I am simultaneously repelled by and attracted to books that shamelessly mention The Da Vinci Code in their blurbs. I think a small part of me keeps hoping that somebody will come along that will take what Dan Brown tried to do with that book and do it aga......more

Goodreads review by Alan

Unintelligible romp through pseudo history, December 27, 2008 By Alan A. Elsner "Alan Elsner, author" (Washington DC) - See all my reviews I thought that this book, promising a historic romp through Elizbathan England, probing the many mysteries surrounding the life and identity of William Shakespe......more


Quotes

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
“A feverishly paced action adventure.”—The New York Times
 
“[A] notable debut literary thriller.”—USA Today
 
“High-class fun.”—Newsweek
 
“A lively intellectual romp.”—The Washington Post