Review
Sam Leith, Spectator
David Lister, Independent
Christopher Rush, Sunday Herald
Book Description
Product Description
How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow what he reads and writes, what he saw and who he worked with as he invests in the new Globe theatre and creates four of his most famous plays - Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet.
This book brings the news, intrigue and flavour of the times together with wonderful detail about how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman and playwright, to create an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history.
From the Inside Flap
'As a yarn, this is up there with The Da Vinci Code - but in 1599 it's all true!' Sir Ian McKellen
'A passionately written study, the product of deep scholarship and acute critical thought.' Stanley Wells, Editor of The Oxford Shakespeare
'Shapiro's scrupulous scholarship has given us a Shakespeare both for his time and our own.' David Scott Kastan, General Editor of The Arden Shakespeare --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
