The Heir Of Charlecote Author:Mark Dallow The heir of Charlecote Manor, near Stratford-on-Avon, was missing, said to be dead, and his twelve-year-old brother David narrowly escaped being murdered. David therefore slipped away through the wood, fell in with a boy with a dancing bear, and set out with him for London. Together they survived the perils of the road, and in Elizabethan Engl... more »and, in which the story is set, these were many. Not only was there danger of starvation but also of thieves, tinkers, and worse. In happier times David had played with Shakespeare's daughter Sue, so it was not surprising that he counted on getting help from him, and so made his wasy across the river to Southwark and the Globe Theatre.« less