- Library Binding: 186 pages
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1439528462
- ISBN-13: 978-1439528464
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.7 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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King of Shadows is an exceptional work by Susan Cooper, bestselling author of
The Dark is Rising, Over Sea Under Stone, Silver on the Tree and many other magical and atmospheric books, and will not disappoint those who already wallow in the author's startling ability to conjure up clear images of place and time with the stroke of a pen.
Here we meet young Nat Field, a boy actor visiting London to perform at The Globe Theatre. Nat soon falls ill, and much to the amazement of the doctors looking after him, he has contracted the Bubonic Plague. As one young actor lies in isolation in Guy's Hospital, another wakes up in Elizabethan London and is drawn into rehearsals for A Midsummer Night's Dream alongside William Shakespeare himself and the two form a bond that can never be broken, even through time.
King of Shadows is a daring and complex novel, set against the backdrop of the life of an unhappy child who, by travelling unwittingly through time, learns how to face his real life troubles. As ever, Cooper's delicious descriptive prose combine with her elegant dialogue to bring her characters vividly to life, never taking the easy option, but allowing her players to develop and come to terms with their lives in their own time.
A remarkable book that is as intriguing as it is entertaining, King of Shadows could well be the best Susan Cooper yet. (Age 10 and over) --Susan Harrison --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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An adaptation for students of Susan Cooper's popular novel
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Nat Field, a young American orphan traumatized by the death of his father, comes to England to play Puck at The Globe. Somewhat bizarrely, he contracts Bubonic Plague and is rushed to Guy's. The next morning he wakes up in the house of Richard Burbage in 1599 and is raced off to The Globe to play (you've guessed it!) Puck in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' Naturally, he meets Shakespeare and Gloriana and....I won't ruin any more of this fabulous story.
Susan Cooper has written a novel of genuine historical interest ( I have been researching the life of the real Nathaniel Field ever since) and powerful emotional impact - the end is breathtaking. I cried. Both times I read it. And I'm a 31 year old man!
READ THIS BOOK!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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One of the best Books I've read, and considering how many books I have read it is really really good!
I definitely recommend it!
I definitely recommend it!
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Brings Shakespeare to life - a must-read
I must have read this book at least ten years ago, when it first came out, and I still rate it highly. Read more
Published 6 days ago by sakura_b
A great time-travel book!
The King of Shadows by Susan Cooper
Reviewed by Heena Pala
"King of Shadows" is a skilfully-written book about Nathan Field. Read more
Reviewed by Heena Pala
"King of Shadows" is a skilfully-written book about Nathan Field. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Heena
King of Shadows
A fabulous book that really brings Shakespearean London to life. Nat Field travels back in time and meets the great man himself and gets to perform Puck at The Globe! Read more
Published 5 months ago by JP
king of shadows
this book is absoloutly amazing! we read this book in english at school and no one had a bad word to say about it.
Published 17 months ago
Very readable
This book has not matched or even come close to the success of her other books. That said it is still a very readable and enjoyable book. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2009 by Matt G
King of Shadows Review
This book has not matched or even come close to the success of her other books. That said it is still a very readable and enjoyable book. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2008
'Canst tolerate living in the house of a mad poet for a few days?'
"This is thy negligence. Still thou mistak'st,
Or else commit'st thy knaveries wilfully."
"Believe me, king of shadows, I mistook. Read more
Or else commit'st thy knaveries wilfully."
"Believe me, king of shadows, I mistook. Read more
Published on 28 May 2006 by Michele L. Worley
not as wonderful as her other books
I have always loved The Dark Is Rising Sequence by this author, counting it as one of my favourite reads. I was therefore delighted to find that she had written another book. Read more
Published on 9 July 2003 by cassie
Susan Coopers 'King of Shadows' By Phillip, aged 13
This is an excellent book by Cooper and is a book that can be enjoyed by all. Though the rushed ending lets the book down a lot (Making it 3* rather than 5*)this book is... Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2001
Amazing - I wish I could write like that!
This is a relly exciting book. I am very keen on acting so it made the book exciting. The founder of my school was even mentioned- Edward Alleyn! Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2000
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