This exquisitely illustrated, updated edition of Bill Bryson's bestselling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship
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- Harper
- Carton Qty: 18
- Selling Territory: USCOM
- 25,000
- PUBLISHING HISTORY
- Eminent Lives (hc) (9780060740221)
- On Sale: 11/3/2009
- Biography
- Tr 9780061965326 $29.99 ($38.99)
- 256 pages; 6 7/8 x 9
- 50 color and 50 b/w illustrations t.o.
• This revised edition includes over 100 color and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
• Bill Bryson has updated this biography to include recent discoveries. In early 2009 a new portrait, thought to be the only surviving image of Shakespeare made during his lifetime, was unveiled in London.
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"Bryson knows how to write, and he presents a great narrative about Shakespeare's world."
- USA Today
"Bryson is a pleasant and funny guide to a subject at once overexposed and elusive."
- Publishers Weekly