This book describes the life and achievements of William Shakespeare, from his childhood in Stratford to his acting and writing career in London.

Unabridged.

Greenblatt uses the "verbal traces" in Shakespeare's work to take us "back into the life he lived and into the world to which he was so open."

Rebecca Lopez, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth's physician, guards secrets she dares not reveal. She is a Jew who practices her prohibited religion clandestinely and helps others of her banned faith escape persecution and death. But Rebecca's love of excitement sparks a romantic passion with would-be playwright Will Shakespeare, and plunges them both into a viper's nest of intrigue and murder.

In this enthralling book, Michael Wood evokes the physical and intellectural environment in which Shakespeare lived and worked with vivid and original immediacy.

Presents the life of the famous English playwright and discusses some of his notable works.

Provides reference information on the life and work of William Shakespeare, featuring a brief biography of the playwright, and including commentaries on each of his known works, arranged alphabetically from A to S.

Biographer and novelist Ackroyd brings William Shakespeare to life in the manner of a contemporary rather than a biographer. His method is to position the playwright in the context of his world, exploring everything from Stratford's humble town to its fields of wildflowers; discerning influences on the plays from unexpected quarters; and entering London with the playwright as modern theatre, as we know it, is just beginning to emerge. Writing as though...