Ebook: In Search of Shakespeare

2005. Качество: изначально электронноеAs usual with Shakespeare books, there is much speculation but few, if any, answers. However, Michael Wood appears to have researched the subject meticulously and comes up with some fascinating information. From possible background to the Grafton portrait to the "WS" signet ring found in the nineteenth century, the book is a riveting read.
From Shakespeare's early days in Warwickshire to the sophisticated world of theatrical life and political skulduggery in London, Wood makes few claims to new discoveries, but offers a refreshingly global understanding of what drove Shakespeare and his creativity, from his Catholic origins to the Black Londoners that he met every day. Wood too often has to "enter the realm of diverting speculation rather than that of verifiable historical fact". Did Shakespeare have an affair with Emilia Lanier? Did he die an alcoholic? Wood colourfully poses such questions, though too many remain unanswered; he cheerfully admits that he's no Shakespeare scholar, but a popular historian who has enthusiastically placed Shakespeare back into the extraordinarily fertile world that produced him.