What Fiction are you reading this week, August 25, 2024?

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18. I've been on a Bernard Cornwell kick this summer.

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I’ve been reading the Saxon Tales (The Last Kingdom) series. After finishing the third book, I went to buy the fourth, Sword Song, and found something different: Fools and Mortals. It’s historical fiction, like almost all of Cornwell, but it’s set in 16th century London, in the theater scene, which is opposed by the Puritans.

The protagonist is Richard Shakespeare, William’s younger (fictional?) brother. Richard is a struggling actor in William’s company. and a petty thief. Much of the book involves rehearsals prior to the first performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

I finished it, and have now started Sword Song.