Shakespeare

Shakespeare

By Bill Bryson
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“A delightful account of Shakespeare’s elusiveness—and the extraordinary lengths people have gone to to remedy it…The pairing of Bryson with Shakespeare is a happy one.”

Times Literary Supplement (London)

Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition is an exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson's bestselling biography of William Shakespeare that takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship. With more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout, and updated to include recent discoveries, Shakespeare: The Illustrated Edition evokes the superstitions, academic discoveries, and myths surrounding the life of one of the greatest poets, and makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces.

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  1. ShortNFuzzy
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    Excellent, but less "Bryson-y"

    Bill Bryson is an author well known for his research, writing and humor. This audio book has 2 of those. It's a great book, written beautifully (if you are going to write a book about Shakespeare you better know how to put a sentence together) and offers well cited sources for facts (and some opinions) on Shakespeare that are truly awe inspiring. You feel this may very well have been a labour of love for Mr. Bryson. Now, this being said, Bill Bryson's usual humor that pervades most of his books is much less present in this tome. This is no complaint. BUT, buyer/renter beware, if that is what you are looking for...it ain't there. I still highly recommend this book for insight into "the bard".

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