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Two travelers, Will Shakespeare-a fledgling dramatist, and Symington Smythe, an ostler and aspiring thespian, meet at a roadside inn and decide to cast their lot together for fame and fortune in the cutthroat world of the London theater in Elizabethan England . . . but neither was prepared for their offstage encounter with A Mystery of Errors . When a backer's daughter is double-crossed by a would-be suitor, the reluctant bride turns to the ostler and the playwright for help. Little does anyone realize that these simple affairs of the heart and an arranged marriage will lead to a vast web of conspiracy, mistaken identity, and murder that finds the playwright targeted for assassination and the ostler hopelessly in love. But such matters are routine in A Mystery of Errors , where Shakespeare in Love meets the Brother Cadfael mysteries of Ellis Peters.
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A Shakespeare & Smythe Mystery: A Mystery of Errors, Simon Hawke
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- Released
- 2001
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- A Shakespeare & Smythe Mystery: A Mystery of Errors
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Simon Hawke
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0812564545
- ISBN13
- 9780812564549
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, British Literature, Historical Mystery, Dramatists
- Rating
- 3.55 out of 5
- Description
- Two travelers, Will Shakespeare-a fledgling dramatist, and Symington Smythe, an ostler and aspiring thespian, meet at a roadside inn and decide to cast their lot together for fame and fortune in the cutthroat world of the London theater in Elizabethan England . . . but neither was prepared for their offstage encounter with A Mystery of Errors . When a backer's daughter is double-crossed by a would-be suitor, the reluctant bride turns to the ostler and the playwright for help. Little does anyone realize that these simple affairs of the heart and an arranged marriage will lead to a vast web of conspiracy, mistaken identity, and murder that finds the playwright targeted for assassination and the ostler hopelessly in love. But such matters are routine in A Mystery of Errors , where Shakespeare in Love meets the Brother Cadfael mysteries of Ellis Peters.