Kathryn Harkup: Death By Shakespeare [2020] paperback HISTO 'As gripping as a novel

'As gripping as a novel

In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son

And you know what she hates more than her bum

thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house

while recording lovingly the landscape and the boats on which they sailed

Kathryn Harkup: Death By Shakespeare [2020] paperback HISTO 'As gripping as a novelWilliam Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to kill off his characters, and audiences today still enjoy the same reactions shock, sadness, fear that they did more than 400 years ago when these plays were first performed. But how realistic are these deaths, and did Shakespeare have the knowledge to back them up? In the Bard's day death was a part of everyday life. Plague, pestilence and public executions were a common occurrence, and the chances