The Return Of William Shakespeare
1929. This is the fantastic tale of an insignificant scientist, Albert Henry Butt, who discovers a way to bring the dead back to life. He is able to bring back anyone who has ever lived, but only if he knows exactly when and where the person was born. The character, Melmouth, a Shakespeare fan,...
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1929. This is the fantastic tale of an insignificant scientist, Albert Henry Butt, who discovers a way to bring the dead back to life. He is able to bring back anyone who has ever lived, but only if he knows exactly when and where the person was born. The character, Melmouth, a Shakespeare fan, talks Butt into bringing the elusive Shakespeare back to life. So, Butt reanima
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780405109881 (0405109881)
Publisher: Arno Press
Pages no: 332
Edition language: English
[These notes were made in 1991; note that "Hugh Kingsmill" is the pen-name of Hugh Kingsmill Lunn:]. Though I found this in an SF/Fantasy bookshop, it is not the time-travel, reincarnation or culture-clash aspects which obviously interested the author (alas). The meat of this book is a critical dis...