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Loading... A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and…... Who's Sorry Now? by Jill Churchill
3. British Isles (2/9)
4. Shakespeare (8/9)
~~ The Tempest
~~ A Brave Vessel by Hobson Woodward
~~ The First Part of King Henry IV
~~ The Second Part of King Henry IV
~~ The Merry Wives of Windsor
5. World View (3/9) ... 115. The Tempest by William Shakespeare
116. A Brave Vessel by Hobson Woodward, 3*
Category: Shakespeare
The Tempest was, as always, a charming romantic comedy, though it isn't my favorite play. Since I hadn't read it for several years, I wanted to refresh my memory while ... ... I'm enjoying being able to see how American history "fits in" with European and also Asian and African history. I bought A Brave Vessel because it was "about" Shakespeare and ended up being fascinated with the American history aspects just as much.
I'll be starting The Woman in Black ... ...
Stout, Rex: In the Best Families
Stout, Rex: Trouble in Triplicate
Windling, Terri: Wood Wife
Woodward, Hobson: A Brave Vessel
Best in September:
Fiction: Windling, Terri: Wood Wife & Ogawa, Yoko: The Housekeeper and the Professor
Nonfiction: Brent, Frances: The Lost ... ... Woman in Black before I write anything, but I had to return it to the library and wanted to list it before I forgot!
A Brave Vessel is very enjoyable. I've never thought of the founding of Jamestown and Shakespeare's plays as contemporary before. Looking (way) back, I think I was taught ... ... what you thought of it. I don't usually read "spooky books" but I'm trying some of them for Halloween month.
I read A Brave Vessel just a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it. I waiting for your comments on that one, too! 56. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill.
57. A Brave Vessel by Hobson Woodward.
The Brave Vessel sounds good. I'll add that to the wishlist. The Housekeeper and the Professor is already on the list or I'd add it. I loved that quote. Book 92:
Woodward, Hobson: A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare’s The Tempest
999 Books about Books Category (9/17/09)
PL 239 pages
The “hook” that had me running to the bookstore as soon as I read the review of this ... >35 I enjoyed it, too! You've certainly been busy since then!
I'll be looking for A Brave Vessel at the library! Sounds fascinating! Book 92:
Woodward, Hobson: A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare’s The Tempest
999 Books about Books Category (9/17/09)
PL 239 pages
The “hook” that had me running to the bookstore as soon as I read the review of ... I just started A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest by Hobson Woodward. I promises to be an entertaining read.
cmt & Stasia, As soon as I read People of the Book I'll have to find Foreign Correspondence. It sounds ... ... more books this month, but I think I can do it! I finished one this AM and that finishes another category, too. I started A Brave Vessel a little while ago. It is in my Books about Books category and I need two there. So far it seems it will be an enjoyable and fairly easy read as I'm very ... ... last time I read it was in conjunction with wanting to know more about the shipwreck, so I was really excited to hear about A Brave Vessel.
My thought was that it would be more interesting to see how Shakespeare dealt with it in the play, after getting the information about its basis. ... ... a couple of hours; I read it in two evenings and you know how slow I am!
#50 Foxen
Thanks, Foxen. I plan to start A Brave Vessel this weekend so I hope to be able to review it by the end of the week. I'm excited about this one! #303 ivyd
It had been quite a while since I read the play so I wanted to refresh my memory before I started A Brave Vessel. If I hadn't already been familiar with the play I probably would have done it the other way around but I thought it would be distracting to try to remember The Tempest ... Re 301:
I also want to read A Brave Vessel, but I was thinking that I would read that book before re-reading The Tempest! Now I'm reconsidering. Why did you decide to read the play first? ... that has such creatures in it!”
This has been called his New World play and I reread it to prepare me for the book: A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways who rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare’s The Tempest by Hobson Woodward. That's why I added a 10th book to this ... ... has such creatures in it!”
This has been called his New World play and I reread it to prepare me for the book: A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways who rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare’s The Tempest by Hobson Woodward.
... as history and as a "romp" through many of Shakespeare's plays. This week I read The Tempest in preparation for reading A Brave Vessel: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest. That one will cover two categories--Shakespeare and American ... ... The World as Stage, by Bill Bryson (September)
4. The Tempest (November)
5. A Brave Vessel by Hobson Woodward (November, 3*)
6. The First Part of King Henry IV (November)
7. The Second Part of King Henry IV< ... ... John: Harry Potter’s Bookshelf: The Great Books Behind the Hogwarts Adventures (8/21/09)
8. Woodward, Hobson: A Brave Vessel (9/10/09)
9. Rehak, Melanie: Girl Sleuth—Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her (9/26/09)
Category 3: Science Fiction (completed 9/20/09) ... ... of Carolyn Hart series. I went to the book store Thursday to find a book that had been reviewed in the morning paper (Brave Vessel--the story of the event that inspired Shakespeare's "The Tempest") and checked out the mystery section. I found a nice 2in 1 volume of the first 2 Death on De ...
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