Time’s Fool: A Mystery of Shakespeare – Leonard Tourney Free Audiobook

Written by Leonard Tourney
Read by Tony Jay
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 32 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Release date: June 26, 2005
Duration: 10:53:03

William Shakespeare is perhaps the most famous and prolific playwright of all time. Millions have read and seen his works, but few know the man behind the works. For all his fortune and fame, little did he know that the greatest drama of his life would not be performed on stage….

Welcome to Shakespeare’s London, a world where the stage captures the hearts of every citizen, and where darkness hides dangerous and vengeful creatures. It is in this darkness that Shakespeare finds himself the victim of treachery most foul.

When Shakespeare is contacted by his dark mistress, the former love of his life, he is excited to see her again after the long separation. But to his horror, he finds that the years have not been kind; she is now disease-ridden and near death, and intends to blackmail him, threatening to expose their affair unless he pays her considerable doctors’ bills.
When a sudden fire takes her life the only witness is brutally murdered, making Shakespeare the primary suspect. With his reputation and his life itself on the line, Shakespeare must put down his quill and brace himself for a mystery like none other.

Rich in suspense, period detail, and intrigue, Time’s Fool is Leonard Tourney’s compelling journey through Shakespeare’s world, a world you won’t soon forget.

Review – Devoted Shakespeare fans may not appreciate this portrait of the Bard as an old man falsely accused and wrongly imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. He struggles to solve the mystery of who is out to ruin him and why. The fate of the young boy who could confirm that arson took place, as well as the dismal circumstances and unbearably sad appearance of the Bard’s Dark Lady of the Sonnets, renders this a depressing listen. Tony Jay’s beautiful reading and sensitive interpretation of the story, however, do much to compensate for the woeful plot as he conveys the dreary reality of London’s criminal underbelly of the time. L.C. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine