false 11158 1 1 18531 0226580245 9780226580241 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958378m/18531.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166958378s/18531.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18531.The_Reckoning_The_Murder_of_Christopher_Marlowe 3.85 54 11158 3.75 268 73 1992 40129 0143036122 9780143036128 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169387389m/40129.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169387389s/40129.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40129.Leonardo_da_Vinci_Flights_of_the_Mind 3.90 49 The Da Vinci Code shows, the incomparable and enigmatic Leonardo da Vinci continues to captivate. In this widely acclaimed biography, Charles Nicholl uncovers the man behind the myth of the “Renaissance master.” Painter, sculptor, inventor, draftsman, anatomist—Leonardo's life and career encompassed so many of the creative achievements that made his era spectacular. Nicholl skillfully captures it all while tracing his subject's journey from an illegitimate child in Tuscany to his service with some of the most powerful families of Renaissance Europe. Rich with historical background, packed with black-and-white and color illustrations, and utterly engaging, this is the definitive look at a figure whose genius reaches out to us through the centuries.]]> 11158 3.75 268 73 2004 1992473 0670018503 9780670018505 19 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1992473.The_Lodger_Shakespeare_His_Life_on_Silver_Street 3.33 39 A brilliantly drawn detective story with entirely new insights into Shakespeare’s life

In 1612, William Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster and it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded. The case seems routine—a dispute over an unpaid marriage dowry—but it opens an unexpected window into the dramatist’s famously obscure life. Using the court testimony as a springboard, acclaimed nonfiction writer Charles Nicholl examines this fascinating period in Shakespeare’s life. With evidence from a wide variety of sources, Nicholl creates a compelling, detailed account of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked during the time in which he wrote such plays as Othello, Measure for Measure, and King Lear. The case also throws new light on the puzzling story of Shakespeare’s collaboration with the hack author and violent brothel owner George Wilkins.

In The Lodger Shakespeare we see the playwright in the daily context of a street in Jacobean London: “one Mr. Shakespeare,” lodging in the room upstairs. Nicholl is one of the great historical detectives of our time and in this atmospheric and exciting book he has created a considerable rarity—something new and original about Shakespeare.]]> 11158 3.75 268 73 2007 578383 0099274043 9780099274049 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175967843m/578383.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175967843s/578383.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578383.Fruit_Palace 3.88 25 He returns to Colombia in 1983 "on assignment." His research is thorough, the risks he takes are serious, and characters he encounters--colorful, cranky and always looking older than their years--are so thoroughly fleshed out, you almost forget you're reading nonfiction. Nicholl survives dangerous encounters with powerful drug lords, fever, earthquake, solo treks through treacherous jungles--all to deliver this decadent and compelling journey through the cocaine underworld of Colombia.

]]> 11158 3.75 268 73 1985 128454 0226580296 9780226580296 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171954379m/128454.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171954379s/128454.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128454.Somebody_Else_Arthur_Rimbaud_in_Africa_1880_91 3.90 21 A Season in Hell, the pioneer of modernism, the lover and destroyer of Verlaine, the "hoodlum poet" celebrated a century later by Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison--turned his back on poetry, France, and fame, for a life of wandering in East Africa.

In this compelling biography, Charles Nicholl pieces together the shadowy story of Rimbaud's life as a trader, explorer, and gunrunner in Africa. Following his fascinating journey, Nicholl shows how Rimbaud lived out that mysterious pronouncement of his teenage years: "Je est un autre"--I is somebody else.

"Rimbaud's fear of stasis never left him. 'I should like to wander over the face of the whole world,' he told his sister, Isobelle, 'then perhaps I'd find a place that would please me a little.' The tragedy of Rimbaud's later life, superbly chronicled by Nicholl, is that he never really did."--London Guardian

"Nicholl has excavated a mosaic of semi-legendary anecdotes to show that they were an essential part of the poet's journey to become 'somebody else.' Not quite biography, not quite travel book, in the end Somebody Else transcends both genres."--Sara Wheeler, Daily Telegraph

"At the end of Somebody Else Rimbaud is more interesting and more various than before: he is not less mysterious, but he is more real."--Susannah Clapp, Observer Review

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]]> 11158 3.75 268 73 1995 5995770 014311462X 9780143114628 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5995770.The_Lodger_Shakespeare_His_Life_on_Silver_Street 2.80 5 The Lodger Shakespeare, Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating but little-known episode in the Bard’s life. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of sources, Nicholl creates a compellingly detailed account of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked amid the bustle of early seventeenth-century London. This elegant, often unexpected exploration presents a new and original look at Shakespeare as he was writing such masterpieces as Othello, Measure for Measure, and King Lear.]]> 11158 3.75 268 73 2009 578384 014009590X 9780140095906 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1252948300m/578384.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1252948300s/578384.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/578384.Borderlines_A_Journey_in_Thailand_and_Burma 3.50 4 11158 3.75 268 73 1988 964321 0710095171 9780710095176 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/964321.A_cup_of_news_The_life_of_Thomas_Nashe 3.67 3 11158 3.75 268 73 1984