Browse by category
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro
29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? Here at last is an intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. First published 2005.
1599 : A year in the life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro
59.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Here is the intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature as we know it.How did Shakespeare go from being a talented writer of comedies and histories to become one of the greatest writers of tragedies who ever lived? ...Show more
1606: Shakespeare and the Year of Lear by James Shapiro
27.99 NZD
Category: History
1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn of 1605, when he took an old and anonymous Elizabethan play, The Chronicle History of King Leir, and transformed it into his most searing tragedy, King Lear. 1606 proved to be an especially grim year for ...Show more
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro
28.99 NZD
Category: History
For two hundred years after Shakespeare's death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including Sir Francis Bacon and the Earl of Oxford - have been proposed as their true author. "Contested Will" unravels the mystery of when and why s ...Show more
Contested Will : Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro
59.99 NZD
Category: History
For two hundred years after Shakespeare's death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including Sir Francis Bacon and the Earl of Oxford - have been proposed as their true author. Contested Will unravels the mystery of when and why so ...Show more
0 - 4 of 5