The Young Pretender Av Michael Arditti

<p><b>"An engrossing, enthralling and utterly captivating read, <i>The Young Pretender </i>tells a simply remarkable story with bounce, energy, wit, and lively authenticity . . . Michael Arditti''s brilliant imaginative achievement offers high comedy, dark tragedy and everything between" </b><b>STEPHEN FRY</b><br><br><b>"<i>The Young Pretender</i> is an absolute joy - charming and funny, with the lightest hint of melancholy, and a wonderfully imaginative recreation of the Georgian theatre scene" KATE SAUNDERS</b><br><br><b>"I loved how Arditti conjures...the smell of the theatre and the ghosts of these bygone players that haunt the stage...and the wonderful period details. Arditti wears his research so lightly" LARUSHKA IVAN-ZADEH, r</b><b>eviewing on Radio 4''s FRONT ROW *****</b><br><br><b>"A vivid, highly detailed portrait of life in rumbustious Regency London" <i>Mail on Sunday</i><br><br></b><b>Mobbed by the masses, lionised by the aristocracy, courted by royalty and lusted after