Shakespeare - The Biography: Vol I

VOL. 1: ASPIRING SPIRIT.
From Stratford to London.
(Birth, 1564 - c.1590)
Peter Ackroyd''s insightful new biography positions Shakespeare in the close context of his world. In this way, Ackroyd not only richly conjures up the texture of Shakespeare''s life, but also imparts an amazing amount of vivid, interesting material about place, period and background. Walk with Ackroyd through sixteenth century...