{"product_id":"what-blest-genius-andrew-mcconnell-stott-9780393248654","title":"What Blest Genius?: The Jubilee That Made Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn September 1769, three thousand people descended on Stratford-upon-Avon to celebrate the artistic legacy of the town's most famous son, William Shakespeare. Attendees included the rich and powerful, the fashionable and the curious, eligible ladies and fortune hunters, and a horde of journalists and profiteers. For three days, they paraded through garlanded streets, listened to songs and oratorios, and enjoyed masked balls. It was a unique cultural moment--a coronation elevating Shakespeare to the throne of genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept it was a disaster. The poorly planned Jubilee imposed an army of Londoners on a backwater hamlet peopled by hostile and superstitious locals, unable and unwilling to meet their demands. Even nature refused to behave. Rain fell in sheets, flooding tents and dampening fireworks, and threatening to wash the whole town away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold from the dual perspectives of David Garrick, who masterminded the Jubilee, and James Boswell, who attended it, \u003cem\u003eWhat Blest Genius?\u003c\/em\u003e is rich with humor, gossip, and theatrical intrigue. Recounting the absurd and chaotic glory of those three days in September, Andrew McConnell Stott illuminates the circumstances in which William Shakespeare became a transcendent global icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew McConnell Stott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393248658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393248654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/28\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2019 pg. 34","brand":"Andrew McConnell Stott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055895539967,"sku":"9780393248654","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ac4346c0-e9dd-4c80-b67e-c15840da5416.jpg?v=1685038406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-blest-genius-andrew-mcconnell-stott-9780393248654","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}