Items related to In Search Of Shakespeare
Almost 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is still acclaimed as the world's greatest writer, and yet the man himself remains shrouded in mystery. In this absorbing historical detective story, the acclaimed broadcaster and historian Michael Wood takes a fresh approach to Shakespeare's life, brilliantly recreating the turbulent times through which the poet lived: the age of the Reformation, the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot and the colonization of the Americas. Drawing on an extensive range of sources, Michael Wood takes us back into Elizabethan England to reveal a man who is the product of his time - a period of tremendous upheaval that straddled the medieval and modern worlds. Using a wealth of unexplored archive evidence, the author vividly conjures up the neighbourhoods of the Elizabethan London where Shakespeare lived and worked during his glittering career. Full of fresh insights and fascinating new discoveries, this book presents us with a Shakespeare for the twenty-first century: a man of the theatre, a thinking artist, playful and cunning who held up a mirror to hi sage, but who was also, as his friend Ben Jonson said, 'not of an age, but for all time'.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Michael Wood was born in Manchester and educated at Manchester Grammar School and Oriel College, Oxford, where he did post-graduate research in Anglo-Saxon history. A broadcaster and film-maker, he is the author of several highly praised books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, Domesday and recently In Search of England. He has over eight documentary films to his name, including Art of the Western World, Legacy, In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great and the highly acclaimed Conquistadors. The writer behind three BBC films about Shakespeare's early history plays, he was a contributor to Shakespearean Perspective (1985). Michael Wood is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Review:
"Wood's is an honest, well-organised account that will serve the reader well." * Independent on Sunday * "Thanks to the author's gifts of story-teller, populariser and interpreter, Shakespeare's world is brought to life more vividly than in any other biography of him I have read. All the latest professional scholarship on the question on Shakespeare and Catholicism is effectively incorporated in the book, but where Wood has made genuine finds of his own is in the area of the dramatist's day-to-day life." * Sunday Telegraph * "In this enthralling book Michael Wood evokes the physical and intellectual environment in which Shakespeare lived and worked with vivid and original immediacy." -- Professor Stanley Wells, Editor of The Oxford Shakespeare "Wood is a perceptive, entertaining and enthusiastic companion." * Sunday Times * "Shakespeare emerges from the book as the master general he must have been." -- Clive James * Times Literary Supplement *
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherBBC Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0563521414
- ISBN 13 9780563521419
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages400
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 17.95
Shipping:
US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
In Search Of Shakespeare
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0563521414
Buy New
US$ 17.95
Convert currency
Stock Image
In Search Of Shakespeare
Published by
BBC Worldwide Limited
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0563521414
ISBN 13: 9780563521419
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 3664845
Buy New
US$ 17.36
Convert currency
Stock Image
In Search Of Shakespeare
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0563521414
Buy New
US$ 23.01
Convert currency
Seller Image
In Search Of Shakespeare [Soft Cover ]
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780563521419
Buy New
US$ 26.65
Convert currency
Seller Image
In Search Of Shakespeare (Paperback)
Published by
Ebury Publishing, London
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0563521414
ISBN 13: 9780563521419
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Almost 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is still acclaimed as the world's greatest writer, and yet the man himself remains shrouded in mystery. In this absorbing historical detective story, the acclaimed broadcaster and historian Michael Wood takes a fresh approach to Shakespeare's life, brilliantly recreating the turbulent times through which the poet lived- the age of the Reformation, the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot and the colonization of the Americas.Drawing on an extensive range of sources, Michael Wood takes us back into Elizabethan England to reveal a man who is the product of his time - a period of tremendous upheaval that straddled the medieval and modern worlds. Using a wealth of unexplored archive evidence the author vividly conjures up the neighbourhoods of the Elizabethan London where Shakespeare lived and worked during his glittering career. Full of fresh insights and fascinating new discoveries, this book presents us with a Shakespeare for the twenty-first century- a man of the theatre, a thinking artist, playful and cunning who held up a mirror to his age, but who was also, as his friend Ben Jonson said, 'not of an age, but for all time'. Almost 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is still acclaimed as the world's greatest writer, and yet the man himself remains shrouded in mystery. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780563521419
Buy New
US$ 27.58
Convert currency
Stock Image
In Search of Shakespeare
Published by
Ebury Publishing 2005-09-01, London
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0563521414
ISBN 13: 9780563521419
New
paperback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780563521419
Buy New
US$ 22.28
Convert currency
Stock Image
In Search of Shakespeare
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9780563521419-GDR
Buy New
US$ 18.93
Convert currency
Stock Image
In Search Of Shakespeare
Published by
Ebury Publishing
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0563521414
ISBN 13: 9780563521419
New
Paperback / softback
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Almost 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is still acclaimed as the world's greatest writer, and yet the man himself remains shrouded in mystery. Seller Inventory # B9780563521419
Buy New
US$ 19.27
Convert currency
Stock Image
In Search of Shakespeare
Published by
BBC Books
(2005)
ISBN 10: 0563521414
ISBN 13: 9780563521419
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. 2005. New Ed. Paperback. Aims to recreate the turbulent times through which William Shakespeare lived: the age of the Reformation, the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot and the colonization of the Americas. Drawing on a range of sources, this work takes us back into Elizabethan England to reveal a man who is the product of his time. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780563521419
Buy New
US$ 19.89
Convert currency
Stock Image
In Search Of Shakespeare
Published by
BBC Books
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0563521414
ISBN 13: 9780563521419
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9780563521419_new
Buy New
US$ 18.81
Convert currency