Fools and MortalsNew York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell makes a dramatic departure with this enthralling, action packed standalone novel that tells the story of the first production of A Midsummer Night's Dreamas related by William Shakespeares estranged younger brother. Lord, what fools these mortals be . . . In the heart of Elizabethan England, Richard Shakespeare dreams of a glittering career in one of the London playhouses, a world dominated by his

but soon discovers that to see justice done

An expat author

An ordinary place

Through decades of work treating patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD)

within Anna Whitt

”—Alice Walker

RFK: His Words for Our Times

Mysteriously

and apply some level of governmental competence

since the 1960s

Horrified at what he’s done

The compilation is anchored by more of Collins’s short stories