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  • SHAKESPEARE'S OTHER SON?
    R.E. PRITCHARD
    Sir William Davenant (1606-1668) was in his time widely known as 'Davenant the Poet'. The son of an Oxford vintner (or quite possibly the natural son of his godfather, William Shakespeare), he wrote poems for and about the Court of Charles I, and, despite losing his nose to mercury treatment for the clap, which other people thought funny, went on to replace Ben Jonson as Poet L...

    $249.00

  • SEX, LOVE & MARRIAGE IN THE ELIZABETHAN AGE
    R. E. PRITCHARD
    The romantic and practical entanglements practiced by the working class, gentry, nobility, and even the Queen—from the author of Scandalous Liaisons.   Most people have always been interested in sex, love and marriage. Now, this entertaining and informative book explores the surprisingly varied and energetic sex and love lives of the women and men of Queen Elizabeth’s England. ...

    $229.00

  • CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, ADVENTURER
    R. E. PRITCHARD
    The swashbuckling life of the Elizabethan explorer and colonial governor is vividly recounted in this historical biography. Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas, but this was only a small part of an extraordinary life filled with danger and adventure. As a soldier, he fought the Turks in Eastern Europe, where he beheaded three Turkish advers...

    $229.00

  • TRIAL OF DR. PRITCHARD
    R. E. PRITCHARD
    A detailed account of the sensational murder trial that shocked Victorian Scotland and ended in Glasgow’s last public hanging. In July of 1865, Dr. Edward William Pritchard was put on trial for the murder of his wife and mother-in-law. He slowly poisoned his wife, Mary Jane, while pretending to treat her for a mysterious illness. When her mother came to help care for her, Pritc...

    $85.00