{"product_id":"what-blest-genius-9780393248654","title":"What Blest Genius","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe remarkable, ridiculous, rain-soaked story of Shakespeare's Jubilee: the event that established William Shakespeare as the greatest writer of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McConnell Stott’s wildly exuberant new book... has brought this odd and oddly resonant event to enchanting and illuminating life.\" -- Simon Callow - The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\"McConnell Stott writes with a clear brisk style and also an evident enjoyment of language...\" -- Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\"... highly entertaining book... sharp-eyed and funny account... Stott’s book is a glorious study of the mother of all heritage events, and it’s an excellent reminder of why they should be avoided like the plague.\" -- Emma Smith, Book of the Week - The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\"... curious, passionate revisions of the Shakespearean myth... remind me why I came to enjoy Shakespeare so much in the first place.\" -- Emma Smith - Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the hilarious tale of a poorly organised three-day festival in Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1769 that launched the bard into the mega-celeb he is today... A comedy of errors as funny as Twenty Twelve.\" -- Literature Books of the Year 2019 - The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\"... lively account...\" -- 100 sizzling summer books - Mail Online\u003cbr\u003e\"On the non-fiction side I enjoyed \u003cem\u003eWhat Blest Genius?\u003c\/em\u003e by Andrew McConnell Stott, a diverting account of the Shakespeare Jubilee of 1769 in Stratford-upon-Avon...\" -- Nick Curtis, The Best Books of 2019 - Evening Standard","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49401983172951,"sku":"9780393248654","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393248654.jpg?v=1730479042","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-blest-genius-9780393248654","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}