Shakespeare Shakespeare

Shakespeare

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Publisher Description

From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling and concise biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet.

Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan England, he brings to life the places and characters that inspired Shakespeare’s work, with his trademark wit and accessibility. Along the way he delights in the inventiveness of Shakespeare’s language, which has given us so many of the indispensable words and phrases we use today, and celebrates the Bard’s legacy to our literature, culture and history.

Drawing together information from a vast array of sources, this is a masterful account of the life and works of William Shakespeare, one of the most famous and most enigmatic people ever to have lived – not to mention a classic piece of Bill Bryson, author of ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’ and ‘Notes from a Small Island’.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2012
23 April
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
272
Pages
PUBLISHER
William Collins
SELLER
HarperCollins Australia Pty Limited
SIZE
1
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Customer Reviews

Glen_J ,

Context and comedy

Sharp, fair-minded and delightful. Bill Bryson’s concise biography of William Shakespeare provides telling historical context and dispels myths and conspiracy theories.

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