Fair Youth, a fictional sequel to Wells’ new memoir “Ghostwriter” (University Press of Mississippi, 2024) is about the novel that Wells ghostwrites for his literary patron, “Mrs. F.” A historical novel set in the Renaissance, Fair Youth explores the legend that a romance between Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 20, Lord Great Chamberlain, and Queen Elizabeth I, 37, produced a son, Henry, born in secret, who grew up to become the universally acclaimed “Fair Youth” of Shakespeare’s sonnets. When Queen Elizabeth refuses to acknowledge Henry, however, he joins the Essex Rebellion and makes a vain attempt to seize the throne by force. He is sentenced to death but at Oxford’s request Elizabeth reluctantly orders the sentence commuted.
COMING SOON: memoir “Ghostwriter” and the ghostwritten novel “Fair Youth”
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“Fair Youth” explores the legend that a romance between Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 20, Lord Great Chamberlain, and Queen Elizabeth I, 37, produced a son, Henry, born in secret, who grows up to be the “Fair Youth” of Shake-Speare’s sonnets. When Queen Elizabeth refuses to acknowledge Henry as her heir, he joins the Essex Rebellion and makes a vain attempt to seize the throne. He is sentenced to death but Elizabeth leaves orders for his sentence to be commuted.
CARL ROLLYSON’S REVIEW OF “GHOSTWRITER” AND “FAIR YOUTH” – NEW YORK SUN, JULY 12, 2024 https://www.nysun.com/article/whos-your-shakespeare-new-works-may-change-your-mind INTERVIEW WITH CARL ROLLYSON, JULY 7, 2024: “GHOSTWRITER, BIOGRAPHER, NOVELIST, SHAKESPEARE, FAULKNER—WE COVER IT ALL IN LAWRENCE WELLS’S WORK”: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carl-rollyson/episodes/Ghostwriter–biographer–novelist–Shakespeare– Faulknerwe-cover-it-all-in-Lawrence-Wellss-work-e2locnf BOOK LAUNCH PRESENTATION “GHOSTWRITER” AND “FAIR YOUTH” AT OFF-SQUARE BOOKS, JULY 10. youtu.be/eo8eHFvwMvw?feature=shared
GOOD OLD BOY: Una Infancia Delta by Willie Morris
GOOD OLD BOY: Una Infancia Delta by Willie Morris (Spanish translation by Jacqueline Vasquez Tew); autobiography, trade paperback with Study Guide, 120 pages, ISBN 978-0-916242-92-3, $16.95.
Announcing the first Spanish translation of GOOD OLD BOY: A DELTA BOYHOOD by Willie Morris, a southern classic about growing up in Mississippi which has been taught in Mississippi middle schools and high schools for two generations. “GOOD OLD BOY: A DELTA BOYHOOD” is an autobiogaphy for young readers about a boy’s adventures growing up in post-WWII Mississippi. Author Willie Morris, formerly the editor of Harper’s Magazine in New York, wrote “GOOD OLD BOY” when his son David, age ten, asked, “What was it like to grow up in Mississippi?” Morris’s response turned into a timeless story of growing up in Yazoo City, Mississippi, in the early 1950s, roaming the town with his friends and playing practical jokes and having adventures. “GOOD OLD BOY” is recommended for seventh through ninth grade and older. [Read more…]
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