In this lively collection, wine snobs receive their comeuppance at the hands of Roald Dahl & Edgar Allan Poe; innocents over-imbibe in tales by Jack London & Alice Munro; riotous partying exacts a comic price in stories by P. G. Wodehouse & Kingsley Amis; Charles Jackson & Jean Rhys chronicle liquor-soaked epiphanies; while John Cheever, Vladimir Nabokov & Robert Coover set their characters afloat on surreal, soul-revealing adventures. Here, too, are well-lubricated tales by Dickens, Twain, Beckett, Colette, Dorothy Parker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Doris Lessing, Frank O` Connor, Penelope Lively, & many more. The settings include hotels & restaurants, a wine cellar in Italy, a cafe in Paris, a bar in Dublin, a New York nightclub, Jazz Age speakeasies, suburban lawn parties & the occasional gaol cell, & are peopled by lovers & loners, barmen & chorus girls, youths taking their first sips & experienced tipplers nursing hangovers. Whether living it up or drowning their sorrows, the vividly drawn characters in these sparkling pages will leave you shaken & stirred. ...

This exciting new series of heritage tourist guides from Batsford gives an authentic flavour of the history of London & wiill ...

Bill Bryson’s Shakespeare is the travel writer’s biography of England’s most renowned dramatist & poet
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Learn about amazing & extraordinary aspects of Shakespeare’s life, work & legacy in this collection of stories & trivia. From the intrigues of Shakespeare’s own lifetime & that of his contemporaries, to the mysteries of the greatest memorials to the bard & his remarkable legacy in the arts & language. Published to coincide with the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s death on April 23rd 2016. ...

This book was shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize One of the Telegraph`s ` Best Books of 2014`. In November 1596 a woman signed a document which would nearly destroy the career of William Shakespeare.. . Who was the woman who played such an instrumental, yet little known, role in Shakespeare`s life? Never far from controversy when she was alive
- she sparked numerous riots & indulged in acts of bribery, breaking-&-entering, & kidnapping
- Elizabeth Russell has been edited out of public memory, yet the chain of events she set in motion would be the making of Shakespeare as we all know him today. Providing new pieces to the puzzle, Chris Laoutaris` thrilling biography reveals for the first time the life of this extraordinary woman, & why she decided to wage her battle against Shakespeare.

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Shakespeare Country, Vale of Evesham & the Cotswolds in the Pathfinder Guides series, produced in association with Ordnance Survey & published by Crimson; comprising a range of walking guides to popular British destinations. Each Pathfinder guide

Includes:: 28 varied walks ranging from easy strolls to exhilarating hikes & is accompanied by 1:25, 000 Ordnance Survey mapping with marked, colour-coded routes. Introductory sections profile the county or region covered, with recommendations on the best time to visit & a brief explanation of GPS. An

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Published to commemorate 400th anniversary of Shakespeare`s death in April 2016, a breathtaking exploration into Shakespeare as a Global poet. Whilst travelling in Luxor, Edward Wilson-Lee encountered a man who called out to him from the summer shade with lines from Shakespeare`s Macbeth: ` Tomorrow, & tomorrow, & tomorrow...` Unable to resist the temptation, Wilson-Lee responded with the next line & so began a fascination with unexpected cultural encounters, especially those made memorable by the poignancy of discovering beauty out of place. Shakespeare may have heard of Luxor (although he would have known it as Thebes) but it is unlikely that he imagined his lines ever being spoken there, close by the feluccas sailing on the Nile & the acres of pharaonic ruins beyond. This radical, breath-taking book combines travel, history, biography & satire in an ode to Shakespeare. Wilson-Lee teaches Shakespeare at Cambridge but grew up in East Africa & Shakespeare in Swahililand explores Shakespeare`s global legacy like no other book before it. In these pages explorers stagger through Africa`s interior accompanied by Shakespeare; eccentrics live out their dreams on the African Savannah with Shakespeare by their side; decadent emigres, railway labourers, Indian settler communities, African intellectuals & rebels all turned to Shakespeare & adapted his plays to fit their needs. The book examines how Shakespeare influenced the first African leaders of independent nations, Cold War intrigues & even Che Guevara. With its extraordinary sequence of stories & momentous travels from Zanzibar, through Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia & Sudan, this literary adventure throws high culture & the wild together in celebration of Shakespeare`s legacy as a poet of the world. ...

Investigating the literary culture of the early interaction between European countries & East Africa, Edward Wilson-Lee uncovers an extraordinary sequence of stories in which explorers, railway labourers, decadent emigres, freedom fighters, & pioneering African leaders made Shakespeare their own in this alien l&. Whilst travelling in Luxor, Edward Wilson-Lee encountered a man who called out to him from the summer shade with lines from Shakespeare`s Macbeth: ` Tomorrow, & tomorrow, & tomorrow....` Unable to resist the temptation, Wilson-Lee responded with the next line & so began a fascination with unexpected cultural encounters, especially those made memorable by the poignancy of discovering beauty out of place. Shakespeare may have heard of Luxor (although he would have known it as Thebes) but it is unlikely that he imagined his lines ever being spoken there, close by the feluccas sailing on the Nile & the acres of pharaonic ruins beyond. This radical, breath-taking book combines travel, history, biography & satire in an ode to Shakespeare. Wilson-Lee teaches Shakespeare at Cambridge but grew up in East Africa & Shakespeare in Swahililand explores Shakespeare`s global legacy like no other book before it. In these pages explorers stagger through Africa`s interior accompanied by Shakespeare; eccentrics live out their dreams on the African Savannah with Shakespeare by their side; decadent emigres, railway labourers, Indian settler communities, African intellectuals & rebels all turned to Shakespeare & adapted his plays to fit their needs. The book examines how Shakespeare influenced the first African leaders of independent nations, Cold War intrigues & even Che Guevara. With its extraordinary sequence of stories & momentous travels from Zanzibar, through Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia & Sudan, this literary adventure throws high culture & the wild together in celebration of Shakespeare`s legacy as a poet of the world. ...

Break into spontaneous prose & wax witty upon thine steely surfaces with our Shakespeare Kit, a saucy collection of over 240 bard-inspired magnetic tiles. Every word is drawn from the works of Shakespeare including bawdy, wicked, haste, love, mortal, wherefore & maiden. ...

This exquisite cut-paper gift book is a beautiful celebration of the many flowers that appear in Shakespeare`s plays & poems. In this gorgeously illustrated three-dimensional unfolding book, which comes in a slipcase, are Shakespeare`s most famous lines on flowers such as the rose, honeysuckle, violet & cowslip, & famous scenes from plays including Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night`s Dream & Hamlet. The perfect gift for someone who loves Shakespeare. ...