Abhorsen
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Abhorsen is a fantasy novel by Australian writer Garth Nix, first published in 2003. It is the third book in the Old Kingdom series.
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Measure for Measure
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Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604. It was published in the First Folio of 1623.
Abhorsen
…position of Abhorsen in the book's world. The origin of this title is known: Nix chose the name referencing "Abhorson", the executioner in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. The Abhorsen's House is besieged by Dead Hands led by Chlorr of the Mask under the control of Hedge the Necromancer, who in turn serves Orannis the…
John Philip Kemble as Vincentio in the 1794 rendition of Measure for Measure
Claudio and Isabella (1850) by William Holman Hunt
Mariana (1851) by John Everett Millais
Pompey Bum, as he was portrayed by nineteenth-century actor John Liston