Shakespeare
Bill Bryson
Belletristik / Romanhafte Biographien
Beschreibung
Bill Brysons bestselling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarshipupdated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeares deathWilliam Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself. His Shakespeare is like no one elsesthe beneficiary of Brysons genial nature, his engaging skepticism, and a gift for storytelling unrivaled in our time.
