{"product_id":"gascoigne-ronald-binns-9781999735944","title":"Gascoigne: The Life of a Tudor Poet","description":"George Gascoigne was one of the leading writers of Tudor England - an accomplished poet, a dramatist and novelist. But he was also accused of being a ruffian, a killer, a spy and a \"godless person\". This major new biography, the first in almost a century, traces Gascoigne's journey from rural Bedfordshire to the Court of Elizabeth I, via Cambridge and the Inns of Court. It follows his career as a soldier in the Low Countries, as an entertainer at Kenilworth Castle during the legendary royal visit of 1575, and as a state intelligence agent. It also examines in detail Gascoigne's premature and mysterious death in Stamford. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eApart from his swashbuckling life and his clashes with censorship, Gascoigne had a very modern concept of himself as a writer, viewing the book as simultaneously a cultural and commercial product. Over two centuries before the great romantic poets, he had a towering sense of self. His life and personality was something to be written about and marketed as a thing interesting and important in its own right. This was much more than being simply proud of his ancestry. To be a Gascoigne gave him pride and confidence. But Gascoigne was not interested in promoting himself as the latest bearer of the family coat of arms. He was not a Gascoigne but the Gascoigne: a Gascoigne for all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald Binns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999735943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999735944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zoilus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d","brand":"Ronald Binns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981939179775,"sku":"9781999735944","price":37.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d79043dc-33db-4096-9eec-d4b83d951b1a.jpg?v=1683258368","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gascoigne-ronald-binns-9781999735944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}