Henry V, War Criminal?: And Other Shakespeare Puzzles

by Cedric Watts and John Sutherland

Book Overview

Loose ends and red herrings are the stuff of detective fiction, and under the scrutiny of master sleuths John Sutherland and Cedric Watts Shakespeare's plays reveal themselves to be as full of mysteries as any Agatha Christie novel. Is it summer or winter in Elsinore? Do Bottom and Titania make love? Does Lady Macbeth faint, or is she just pretending? How does a man putrefy within minutes of his death? Is Cleopatra a deadbeat Mum? And why doesn't...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192838792
• ISBN13: 9780192838797
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"