This was a short book about a young man of 17 who forges several Shakespearean documents in order to impress his father, and a young woman who lives an insignificant life who's driven to insanity. From the book jacket, this is loosely based upon a true story of a Shakespearean forgery.
To me this book was dull and didn't offer much. There was no suspense in the forgery - you knew from the beginning what was going on, and I didn't think the reason it was done (to impress his father) was very well drawn out. The life of the young woman was interesting mainly because it was so sad, but I didn't buy into her descent into insanity.
Anyway - I don't really know why this was on the 1001 books to read before you die, as it didn't really offer me any new ideas and seemed to be just a story (and a fairly boring one at that). I probably would have enjoyed this more if I was familiar with the history that this was based on.
Rating: 0/4 (horrible am sad I wasted my time on this).
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