My son Will gave me an excellent book for my birthday - Melvyn Bragg's 12 Books That Changed The World. I was horrified to read in the Shakespeare chapter, that the bard did not commit all his works to publication, as that was not the tradition of the day, and it is therefore possible that there are several unpublished Shakespeare plays yet to be discovered. What a frightening thought. Could there be a masterpiece of the calibre of Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet hidden under one of London's tower blocks? Perhaps this will give impetus to the demands of those people who consider some of London's tower blocks to be eyesores so that we can demolish them in search of a missing masterpiece.
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Dear Lord Archer,
Have you yet written,or do you plan to write,a book that 'will change the world'?
I believe that your recent 'Gospel according to Judas' might be such a book. It is a real quantum leap in literary terms and provides much food for intellectual thought.
A Gospel Fan
anonymous - many thanks, very pleased that you enjoyed the Gospel.
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