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Shakespeare on Silver Street
$39.93
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
5 August 2008
Summary
In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster. This is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case appears routine—a dispute over an unpaid marriage dowry—but it opens an unexpected window into the dramatist’s famously obscure life story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating episode in Shakespeare’s life. Marshaling evidence from a wide variety of sources, including previously unknown documentary material on the Mountjoys, 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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141023748 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141023740 |
| Author: | Charles Nicholl |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 5 August 2008 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 131mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Charles Nicholl
Charles Nicholl is a historian, biographer, and travel writer.
His books include:
- The Reckoning (winner of the James Tait Black prize for biography and the Crime Writers’ Association ‘Gold Dagger’ award for non-fiction)
- A Cup of News: the life of Thomas Nashe
- Shakespeare and his contemporaries (Natural Portrait Gallery insights series)
- Somebody Else: Arthur Rimbaud in Africa (winner of the Hawthornden Prize)
His most recent book was the acclaimed biography, Leonardo da Vinci: The Flights of the Mind, which has been published in 17 languages.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has lectured in Britain, Italy, and the United States.
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