<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>Packed full of eloquent stings and poisonous putdowns, this is the perfect resource for anyone looking to scorn an enemy - without resorting to swearing!<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Away, you scullion, you rampallion, you fustilarian!</b></p><p>Along with penning some of the most sublime passages in all of English Literature, Shakespeare was a master when it came to casting a wicked comeback or hurling a barbed insult. Whether it's Prospero calling Caliban a freckled whelp, hag-born in The Tempest or King Lear railing against his daughter Goneril with the damning words, Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood, Shakespeare didn't hold back when it came to getting creative with his slights.</p> Packed full of eloquent stings and poisonous putdowns, this is the perfect resource for anyone looking to scorn an enemy - without resorting to swearing! <b>Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat's-tongue, bull's-pizzle, you stock-fish!</b> <i>Henry IV Part I (Act 2, Scene 4)</i> <b>Away, you three-inch fool.</b> <i>The Taming of the Shrew (Act 4, Scene 1)</i> <b>Go, prick thy face, and over-red thy fear, Thou lily-liver'd boy.</b> <i>Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 3)</i> <b>The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.</b> <i>The Comedy of Errors (Act 5, Scene 4)</i>