“This ain’t your mother’s Shakespeare! It’s punk rock. It’s spicy. It’s urgent. It’s hilarious. And maybe most of all, it’s a historical fiction that’s very much for the right now.”

– Morgan Murray
Author of Dirty Birds, Finalist for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour

“Rod Carley has written a captivating and bewitching novel set in England, more than 400 years ago, yet it runs rife with contemporary relevance and resonance. Sophisticated, funny, insightful, timeless yet timely, my list of plaudits grew as the pages turned. Beautifully written, with characters that lingered in my head and heart long after the curtain fell, this is a story to be savoured. Bravo!”

– Terry Fallis
Two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour.