Bøker av Gordon Williams

Seven short stories that will take you to different cultures, times and places - from an ancient kingdom to an impossible mystery, from distractions in Venice to the mind of a psychopath, and the imaginings and needs of people seeking change. Serious tales as well as humour, from a psychopath on a mission, to the unsolvable mysteries of a parallel world, from a ruthless king who imagined himself to be immortal to one woman's dash for freedom and another's gentle act of revenge. Seven short stories to intrigue and entertain.

A novella-length companion volume to THE LIMERENCE OF ALICE ROSSETTI. An account of Alice's ancestors, it expands upon the historical events and characters from the Novel. It can be read on its own, apart from the Novel.

Investigates how the sexual element in Shakespeare's works is complicated and compromised by the impact of print. Shakespeare's theatrical scripts, meeting-ground for the spoken and written word, contribute powerfully to those socio-sexual debates which had been re-energized by print.

George Magruder and his English wife Louise have left the city streets of Philadelphia in search of a little tranquility. At Louise's wishes, they have rented an isolated stone house in England and are spending an icy winter in the remote Cornish village of Dando. But their arrival is greeted with suspicion - and hostility.