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Benet Brandreth

Benet Brandreth is a highly-regarded Intellectual Property barrister, rhetoric coach and authority on Shakespeare. Benet works regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Donmar and others on Shakespeare’s use of language. He has also written and performed for radio and the stage. His one-man show, The Brandreth Papers, was a five-star reviewed sell-out at the Edinburgh Festival and on its London transfer. He lives in London with his wife and two sons and is exhausted from all his efforts at becoming a Renaissance Man.

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Title:: The Spy of Venice (MP3)
Series:: William Shakespeare Thriller #1
Written by:: Benet Brandreth
Read by:: Luke Lampard
Format:: Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 1
Duration:: 13 hours 39 minutes
MP3 size:: 597 MB
Published:: March 23 2017
Available Date:: March 23 2017
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781489384720
Genres:: Fiction; Historical Fiction
Publisher:: Bolinda/Bonnier audio

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'The Spy of Venice is a playful and inventive debut. The dialogue is wonderful, and Will's banter with his fellow actors sparkles.'
The Times

Suspenseful, seductive and as sharp as an assassin's blade – a historical thriller with a swashbuckling twist and a hero like you've never seen him before.

When he's caught out by one ill-advised seduction too many, young William Shakespeare flees Stratford to seek his fortune. Cast adrift in London, Will falls in with a band of players – but greater men have their eye on this talented young wordsmith. England's very survival hangs in the balance, and Will finds himself dispatched to Venice on a crucial embassy. Dazzled by the city's masques – and its beauties – Will little realises the peril in which he finds himself. Catholic assassins would stop at nothing to end his mission on the point of their sharpened knives, and lurking in the shadows is a killer as clever as he is cruel.

'Entertaining and ebullient ... The author knows his Shakespeare backwards, rejoices in its wordplay, loves his allusions and has a good time with his characters.'
The Daily Mail

'A Venetian romp that takes Shakespeare as its lusty hero.'
The Daily Telegraph