A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599
of James Shapiro
Description
1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen. James Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeareâs staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599, bringing together the news and the intrigue of the times with a wonderful evocation of how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman, and playwright. The result is an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 333 pages
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Publication Date June 13th 2006
- First Publication 09/01/05
- Language English
- ISBN 9780060088743
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
- Scenario ['United Kingdom']
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