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In England in the Age of Shakespeare, Jeremy Black takes readers on a tour of life in the streets, homes, farms, churches, and palaces of the Bard’s era. Panning from play to audience and back again, Black shows how Shakespeare's plays would have been experienced and interpreted by those who paid to see them. From the dangers of travel to the indignities of everyday life in teeming London, Black explores the jokes, political and economic references, and small asides that Shakespeare’s audiences would have recognized.

Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith star in a compilation from the smash hit BBC TV series ‘This is a local shop for local people. There’s nothing for you here!’ Welcome to Royston Vasey! Your visit coincides with: · Herr Lipp’s German exchange visit! · Papa Lazarou’s...

Through the enduring eye of Sherlock Holmes, noted historian Jeremy Black traces how Holmes and his milieu evolved in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books and how Holmes continues to resonate today. Black explores the context of Doyle's ideas and stories and why they struck such a chord with readers in London, and ultimately the world. Drawing on a masterful knowledge both of Doyle's era and his writings, this entertaining and wide-ranging book uses the Holmes stories to bring Victorian England to vibrant life, a world where crimes large and small abound.

Nach einer erfolgreichen Jagd auf eine Gruppe Gesetzloser kehrt der Threaner Söldner Tristan in sein Heimatdorf Norren zurück und sichtet die Vergangenheit . Zur gleichen Zeit wird wird sein jüngerer Bruder Kanan Zeuge der Rückkehr des Sagen umworbenen Schwarzen Reiters . Eine uralte Legende mit einem finsteren Omen. Denn der Reiter steht für das nahende bald eintretende Verderben. Der mysteriöse Schatten wird oftmals vor Kriegs Ausbrüchen gesichtet und Gelehrte entziehen daraus , er erscheine um den Menschen zu zeigen, dass die Zeit des Blutvergießens wieder vor der Tür stehe und ...

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