In the winter of 1795; a frustrated young writer named William Henry Ireland stood petrified in his fathers study as two of Englands most esteemed scholars interrogated him about a tattered piece of paper that he claimed to have found in an old trunk. It was a note from William Shakespeare. Or was it?In the months that followed; Ireland produced a torrent of Shakespearean fabrications: letters; poetry; drawingsmdash;even an original full-length play that would be hailed as the Bards lost masterpiece and staged at the Drury Lane Theatre. The documents were forensically implausible; but the people who inspected them ached to see first hand what had flowed from Shakespeares quill. And so they did.This dramatic and improbable story of Shakespeares teenaged double takes us to eighteenth century London and brings us face-to-face with historys most audacious forger.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Bluegrass basics for the experienced guitaristBy The GuardianThis book is best for guitar players who have some experience of the instrument. already know their way around the fretboard and can play competently in another style (for example rock or folk guitar). It also helps if you can finger-pick effectively. A guitar-beginner may find the book more of a challenge.Techniques covered include rhythmic notation. using a flatpick for upstrokes and downstrokes. hammer-on. hammer-off and slides. tips for the left hand; using flourishes. bass runs. and how to play in a band with other musicians: lead playing with alternating pick strokes. and soloing.The featured songs are illustrated in guitar tablature. and backed-up by a CD (the singing on the CD BTW is dire. but thats OK as the guitar work is very helpful).All in all. the book offers a good grounding in the bluegrass style.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Kindle Addition not very well done.By CustomerIts rather frustrating that the printed book looks like its very well done - especially with the included CDs. The written content seems excellent and fits nicely with my (rather low) skill level. It moves rapidly to more advanced techniques - exactly what I was hoping for.The problem is with the Kindle version. Of course. there are no CDs - a way to download the audio files would have been appreciated. The real frustration is that the tabs are just barely legible on the Kindle Fire. Its possible. but very difficult to read the numbers in the tab notation - e.g. is it second string open fret or second string 3rd fret - its hard to tell the difference. The tabs appear to be scanned images of printed documents - with the scanner resolution set too low. Ive attempted to enlarge the tabs on both the Kindle and on a PC but all I get is larger blurry images. Even tried image enhancement software to no avail.Bottom line. it takes a lot of effort and concentration to make out the tabs. Which takes the fun out of it. Should have bought the printed version.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Book is helpful. but CD not so much.By Sheila AylesworthThe book is not for beginners. You must have some guitar playing experience. It does have a good selection of blue grass tunes that do give clear instructions on chords and tabs formations. The CD. however gives no instruction at all. It is just musicians playing bluegrass songs. A little explanation of the complicated picking formations would have been more helpful.
