Shakespeare

Name: Shakespeare
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Bill Bryson
ISBN: 9780061555343

Author: Bill Bryson

Narrator: Bill Bryson

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/23/2007

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Historical Biography

Synopsis

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.

About Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson's bestselling books include One Summer, A Short History of Nearly Everything, At Home, A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here nor There, Made in America, and The Mother Tongue. He lives in England with his wife.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Always on February 13, 2020

I'm really not a fan of Shakespeare but reading this book really did help explain his popularity, at least in my mind. Everything we know about him seems to be questionable and when you don't know anything conclusive about someone, that leaves a lot up to discussion. Also I never really appreciated......more

Goodreads review by Barry on July 29, 2015

A short, witty, highly readable biography of the Bard by one of the our best beloved writers. Bryson doesn't go incredibly in-depth with this work but I applaud him on that. A lot of biographies can be bogged down by completely unnecessary information which causes the page number to rise to the thou......more

Goodreads review by Nandakishore on October 04, 2019

At the outset - if you are looking for a scholarly tome on the life and times of William Shakespeare, you are going to be disappointed. Bill Bryson simply doesn't write like that. Those of you who are familiar with his oeuvre would know that he is a "love-him-or-hate-him" author: people either love......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on May 05, 2017

The Droeshout engraving of Shakespeare, authenticated as a true likeness by Ben Johnson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When I worked as a secretary on a tabloid newspaper, many years ago, journalists writing stories based only only a few facts would say they were 'cooking with gas'. Th......more