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# King of Shadows

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Review: An amazing, unforgettable book. - You know you are in the hands of a master when you read this book. This is fantasy at its best. Beautifully crafted plot, unforgettable characters, and accurate history.
Review: Outstanding Shakesperean time-travel fantasy - Nat Field, an actor in the American Company of Boys, goes to London with the troupe to play the role of Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the new Globe Theatre. Suddenly, he is transported back in time to 1599 London and finds himself portraying Puck at the original Globe. Not only that, he's performing with Will Shakespeare himself, who is playing Oberon! The author brings the sights, sounds and smells of Elizabethan London to life and takes us behind the scenes of the Bard's own production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." After reading this, you'll probably want to read the play and see a performance yourself. Susan Cooper, who was a student of J.R.R. Tolkien, is an outstanding writer and storyteller. Don't miss her magnum opus, the five-book "The Dark Is Rising" series.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,107,052 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #16 in Children's Renaissance Fiction Books (Books) #270 in General England Travel Guides #799 in Children's Performing Arts Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 484 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An amazing, unforgettable book.
*by S***L on March 24, 2024*

You know you are in the hands of a master when you read this book. This is fantasy at its best. Beautifully crafted plot, unforgettable characters, and accurate history.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding Shakesperean time-travel fantasy
*by S***T on September 18, 2000*

Nat Field, an actor in the American Company of Boys, goes to London with the troupe to play the role of Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the new Globe Theatre. Suddenly, he is transported back in time to 1599 London and finds himself portraying Puck at the original Globe. Not only that, he's performing with Will Shakespeare himself, who is playing Oberon! The author brings the sights, sounds and smells of Elizabethan London to life and takes us behind the scenes of the Bard's own production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." After reading this, you'll probably want to read the play and see a performance yourself. Susan Cooper, who was a student of J.R.R. Tolkien, is an outstanding writer and storyteller. Don't miss her magnum opus, the five-book "The Dark Is Rising" series.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ time travel and Shakespeare too!
*by A***S on July 8, 2011*

Nat is a talented orphan who is chosen to be part of an international Shakespeare festival. The first part of the book is about the people he's working with and the plays he's in. But when Nat gets sick and slips into a coma, he's really traveled back in time to Elizabethan England, where he is performing in the same plays with Will Shakespeare, who befriends him and gives him a very special gift. The rest of the book is about Nat's relationship with Shakespeare and the other actors, as well as the differing interpretations of the plays that he's in. I liked that we're told right away that Nat's in a coma rather than having it revealed at the end of the book that it's a dream or hallucination. Also, the discussions of how different time periods and directors see the plays in various ways was a sophisticated concept for a kid's book; it's nice when the author assumes some intelligence on the part of the reader! The story is interesting on many levels -- we learn a lot about England of the time, but within the context of interesting events and happenings -- drama without violence. Highly recommended.

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