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Shakespeare Life and Times
 The Arden Shakespeare Miscellany
Jane Armstrong
History, trivia, facts, language, and much, much more. The Arden Shakespeare Miscellany illuminates the bard with info on the man himself, his plays, and the world in which he lived. Softcover, 210 pp. $18.00.
 Shakespeare's Freedom
Stephen Greenblatt
Stephen Greenblatt, author of the best selling Will in the World, here paints are remarkably refreshing picture of William Shakespeare in the context of the culture and society in which he lived. He portrays Shakespeare as one who fought agains the aboslutes of his age and defied authority to create the most well known masterpieces in the world. Hardcover, 144 pp. $28.95.
 Shakespeare: An Ungentle Life
Katherine Duncan-Jones
Not much is actually known about the man called William Shakespeare. As a result, scholars have endlessly speculated about his sexuality, identity, education, and even emotions at his son's funeral. Katherine Duncan-Jones, however, in her lively and vigorous study, avoids abstract conjecture while still enriching the evidence available. She brings Shakespeare the man down from his pedestal on which scholars have tended to place him, and shows him as a man amongst men and a writer amongst writers. Softcover, 376 pp. $20.00.
 Dear Mr. Shakespeare: Letters to a Jobbing Playwright
Simon Reade
Written as a series of fictional letters to the emerging Elizabethan author, Dear Mr Shakespeare charts his career from young actor, poet and fledgling playwright through to national icon and old man of the theatre. Simon Reade has drawn on his time as Literary Manager at the Royal Shakespeare Company to produce a sharp and novel guide to England's greatest writer, full of witty and often surprising insights into the man and his contemporaries. A unique introduction to Shakespeare's life and times, to be enjoyed by aficionados, actors, academics and audiences alike. Softcover, 237 pp. $25.50.
 Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth
Charles Beauclerk
This fascinating book delves deep into the conflicts and personalities of Elizabethan England as well as into the plays themselves to tell the true story of the "Soul of the Age." From the queen whose sexual escapades threatened to tear the curtain from the royal stage, to the poet whose identity crisis fueled a body of incomparable works, and the controversy that survived both of them, springing up again and again throughout the centuries, this is a compelling, convincing history. You'll never look at Shakespeare the same way again. Hardcover, 430 pp. $31.95.
 The Shakespeare Almanac
Gregory Doran
From carnivals and cock-throwing to royal visits and race riots, The Shakespeare Almanac is a cornucopia of intriguing and wonderful details about the life and times of England's greatest playwright, complete with integrated illustrations. This day-by-day calendar of the year according to Shakespeare is the perfect addition to any Shakespeare lover's library. Hardcover, 400 pp. $54.95.
 Shakespeare's London On 5 Groats a Day
Richard Tames
Welcome to the city of Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I. This intriguingly addictive guide, based on the words of Tudor authors and contemporary pamphlets, letters, maps, wills, and legal records, provides an insider's view of Elizabethan London. Softcover, 151 pp. $24.00.
 Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare
Jonathan Bate
In this illuminating, innovative biography, Jonathan Bate, one of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, has found a fascinating new way to tell the story of the great dramatist. Using the Bard's own immortal list of man's seven ages in As You Like It, Bate deduces the crucial events of Shakespeare's life and connects them to his world and work as never before. Equal parts masterly detective story, brilliant literary analysis, and insightful world history, Soul of the Age is more than a superb new recounting of Shakespeare's experiences; it is a bold and entertaining work of scholarship and speculation. Hardcover, 471 pp. $40.00.
 Shakespeare Revealed: A Biography
Rene Weis
Intimacies with Marlowe, entanglements with the dark lady, the probable fathering of an illegitimate son - Shakespeare's personal life has proven tantalisingly obscure. These startling new findings are consolidated by scrupulous archival research which builds a colourful picture of Shakespeare's daily life: the bustling market town of Stratford with its family affairs and neighbourly disputes, and the pell-mell of London's theatres peopled with shady spies, informers and torturers. Softcover, 443 pp. $19.95.
 Shakespeare's Globe : A Theatrical Experiment
Christie Carson & Farah Karim-Cooper
In 1997, a team of artists and theatre specialists renewed Shakespeare's Globe to its former glory, bringing to an end its 400-year absence from the world's stage. In this remarkable publication, actors, designers, musicians, and Globe Education staff engage with international scholars in a lively debate about the impact of this extraordinary building. Softcover, 268 pp. $27.95.
 Shakespeare's Wife
Germaine Greer
Shakespeare's Wife is a compelling, insightful book that goes a long way toward righting the wrongs done to Ann Shakespeare. Germaine Greer steps off the well-trodden paths of orthodoxy, asks new questions and opens new fields of investigation into this fascinating subject. Softcover, 406 pp. $36.99.
 The Lodger Shakespeare
Charles Nicholl
Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to a fascinating but little-known episode of Shakespeare's life. Marshaling evidence from a wide variety of sources, he conjures up a detailed and compelling description of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked, and in which he wrote such plays as Othello, Measure for Measure, and King Lear. Nicholl also throws new light on the puzzling story of Shakespeare's collaboration with the hack writer and brothel keeper George Wilkins. Softcover, 377 pp. $18.50.
 Will's Will: The Last Wishes of William Shakespeare
Simon Trussler
Shakespeare's original will and testament - a prized possession of The National Archives - offers a fascinating window on to his eventful yet mysterious life. Presented here in full, it reveals tantalizing details about the great man - the places he knew, his family and friends, his growing wealth, his concerns and the fellow actors who helped make his name. From sleepy Stratford to volatile London, Will's Will brings to life a story with few facts and room for intriguing conjecture. Hardcover, 112 pp. $15.95.
 William Shakespeare
Peter Holland
From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures--people whose influence and importance have stood the test of time. Softcover, 147 pp. $12.95.
 "Shakespeare" by Another Name
Mark Anderson
In the centuries since William Shakespeare's death, more and more
questions has arisen about the true identity of the author of the
immortal omnibus
which includes everything from the soaring soliloquies of Hamlet
to the sensual imagery of the "Eighteenth Sonnet". In this groundbreaking
work, Mark Anderson focuses his attention on the Elizabethan court
playwright Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, of whom filmmaker and
acclaimed Shakespearean
dramatist Orson Welles once said, "I think Oxford wrote Shakespeare.
If you don't, there are some awful funny coincidences to explain
away." A
prominent courtier and quintessential Renaissance man, a scholar,
spendthrift, scoundrel, cosmopolitan traveler, military adventurer,
artistic patron,
and prolific ghostwriter, Edward de Vere is brought to vivid life
in this provocative biography.
Softcover, 598 pp. $23.00.
 Shakespeare
and Co.
Stanley Wells
In Shakespeare and Co., one of the greatest living Shakespeare scholars
breaks new ground in an engaging and illuminating study of the lives
and careers of Shakespeare's contemporaries, a vital part of the
time in which
he wrote. Stanley Wells explores the Elizabethan theatrical scene,
looks at the great actors Shakespeare worked with and examines the
lives and
works of the writers of his day and his later successors such as
John Webster. He argues that it is only through remembering and celebrating
the sheer
richness and variety of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama that we can
come to a closer understanding of the shadowy figure of Shakespeare
himself. Hardcover, 285 pp. $45.00.
 Shakespeare: The Biography
Peter Ackroyd
The biography is neither an academic description nor a didactic analysis.
Composed with intuition and imagination unique to Peter Ackroyd,
brilliant yet straightforward, it simply presents the listener with
the circumstances
of the Bard's life. It is a living attempt to reach into the world
and heart of William Shakespeare. Read by Simon Callow. Audio CD,
$143.80.
 A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 1599
James Shapiro
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 sees, and who he
works 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. Read by the author. Audio CD. $39.95.
 Players: The Mysterious Identity of William Shakespeare
Bertram Fields
Is it really possible that a single individual -- a grade school-educated
man from Stratford-upon-Avon -- possessed the depth and scope of
knowledge reflected in the collected works of Shakespeare? Or, as
Bertram Fields
suggests, was this not one man, but a magnificent collaboration between
two very different men. Blending biography and historical investigation
with vibrant scholarship and storytelling, Players revolutionizes
our understanding of the greatest writer -- or writers -- in our
history. Hardcover, 308 pp. $37.95.
 Boydell's Shakespeare Prints: 90 Engravings
Josh Boydell & Josiah Boydell
John Boydell and his nephew Josiah, leaders in the English school
of engraving in the late 1700s, invested their personal fortunes to
produce this impressive collection. A momumental effort begun in 1787,
the engravings of scenes from the dramatic works of William Shakespeare
speak as passionately to the viewer today as they did more than 200
years ago Softcover, 90 pp. $16.50.
 Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Stephen Greenblatt
How did Shakespeare become Shakespeare? Stephen Greenblatt
enables us to see, hear, and feel how an acutely sensitive and talented
boy, surrounded by the rich tapestry of Elizabethan life -- full of
drama and pageantry, and also cruelty and danger -- became the world's
greatest playwright. With every anecdote, speculation, and historical
fact, Greenblatt brings a flash of illumination to the work, enabling
us to experience these great plays again, as if for the first time,
and with greater understanding and appreciation of their extraordinary
depth and humanity. Will in the World is a gripping and essential
book for every reader of Shakespeare. Hardcover, 430 pp. $39.00.
 The Age of Shakespeare
Frank Kermode
In The Age of Shakespeare, Frank Kermode uses the history
and culture of the Elizabethan era to enlighten us about William Shakespeare
and his poetry and
plays. Hardcover, 214 pp. $32.95.
 Shakespeare
Michael Wood
Stocked with fresh insights and discoveries, this compelling work of investigative
journalism reinstates the image of William Shakespeare as a thinking artist,
and a man who held up a mirror to his age. Students of Shakespeare and Elizabethan
England will be enthralled by this absorbing and intelligent re-assessment of
the Bard. Hardcover, 352 pp. $45.95.
 Imagining Shakespeare
Stephen Orgel
In this beautifully illustrated book, one of the foremost Shakespeareans
of our time explores the ways in which Shakespeare has been imagined
from his age to ours. Drawing on performance history, textual history,
and the visual arts, Imagining Shakespeare displays throughout
the cultural versatility, elegance, lucidity and wit which have become
the hallmarks of Stephen Orgel's style. Hardcover, 172 pp. $39.95.
 Who Was William Shakespeare?The Mystery of the World's Greatest Playwright
Rupert Christiansen
This book is an exciting detective story which goes back over
400 years to the dramatic events of the reign of Queen Elizabeth
I and explores the way that a brilliant and ambitious young playwright
was caught up in a violent world of murder, revenge and treason.
Softcover, 80 pp. $9.99.
 Shakespeare For All Time
Stanley Wells
From the entry of Shakespeare's birth in the Stratford church register to a Norwegian
production of Macbeth in which the hero is represented by a tomato, this entralling
and splendidly illustrated book tells the story of Shakespeare's life, his writings,
and his afterlife. Rich in anecdote and insight, authoritative and informative
in equal measure, this magnificent book is certain to please both the neophyte
as well as the most seasoned Shakespeare scholar. Hardcover, 442 pp. $77.00.
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