TITLE: 1599: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
AUTHOR: James Shapiro
DATE PUBLISHED: 2005
DATE READ: July 2006
NOTES: I heard James Shapiro talk at the Hay Festival in 2005 and as a result bought his book.
Erudite and scholarly work. Very good detail on the political scene of the time and how this impacted on the writing of William Shakespeare. Great insights into the life and times of late 16th century England. I liked the way he relates the happenings of the times directly back to Shakespeare’s works. Fascinating.
AUTHOR: James Shapiro
DATE PUBLISHED: 2005
DATE READ: July 2006
NOTES: I heard James Shapiro talk at the Hay Festival in 2005 and as a result bought his book.
Erudite and scholarly work. Very good detail on the political scene of the time and how this impacted on the writing of William Shakespeare. Great insights into the life and times of late 16th century England. I liked the way he relates the happenings of the times directly back to Shakespeare’s works. Fascinating.
2 comments:
Thanks for the tip. I will give this book a miss.
This is a mistake! my comments refer to the previous book
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