Remembered for both his satirical and serious work, Robert Barnabas
Brough (1828-60) 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 (1792-1878),
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 episode of
the laundry basket and other misadventures at Windsor, along with
his sad death at the Boar's Head in 1415. First published in 1858,
this book is a must-read for every lover of this larger-than-life
figure.
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