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Charlie lovetts the bookmans tale charlie lovett is a writer, teacher, and playwright, whose plays for children have been seen in more than 3,000 productions. Charlie lovett books list of books by author charlie lovett. Though his narrative wends through time, the words mr. When working in special collections at ridgefield university, he stumbles into the rare book world. The bookmans tale by charlie lovett july 16, 2014 july 8, 2014 the lit bitch the socially awkward peter byerly is an antiquarian book collector who might have just made a huge discovery. Charlie lovett is a new york times bestselling novelist and playwright whose plays for children have been seen in over 4500 productions worldwide. The bookmans tale by charlie lovett, 9781846883026, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The bookman s tale opens with peter byerly, an american antiquarian bookseller temporarily residing in england, opening a book on shakespearean forgeries written in 1796 in a rare book shop at hayonwye, and finding a fourinches square painting of his wife amanda. There are certainly clear points of comparison between the bookmans tale and those novels. While i read certain sections in the 1634 stansby edition,more i did not read monmouth, other than a few excerpts, but i did read a fair amount of malory. Perfect for people who love books and literature, the bookmans tale, a novel of obsession is just the kind of story he enjoys.