The Life of Sir John Falstaff by Robert Barnabas Brough, Geor... - 9781108057332

The Life of Sir John FalstaffWith a Biography of the Knight from Authentic Sources\nAuthor(s): Robert Barnabas Brough, George Cruikshank\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108057332, 978-1108057332\nSynopsis\nRemembered for both his satirical and serious work, Robert Barnabas Brough [tel] was a playwright, journalist, poet and founder member of the Savage Club. Built around a series of inspired etchings by the celebrated artist George Cruikshank [tel], this is a delightful fictional biography, 'from authentic sources', of that most colourful of Shakespeare's characters. We hear how our hero was descended from the great Saxon leader Hundwulf Falstaff, how the name is a corruption of 'False-thief', of his adventures with his beloved Prince Hal, and of Christmas 1412 with the Whittington family. Henry V's terrible rejection of him - 'I know thee not, old man' - is touchingly depicted, as are the ep.