From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist & poet. Examining centuries of myths, half-truths & downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan Engl&, he brings to life the places & characters that inspired Shakespeares work.
Along the way he delights in the inventiveness of Shakespeares language, which has given us so many of the indispensable words & phrases we use today, & celebrates the Bards legacy to our literature, culture & history.
Drawing together information from a vast array of sources, this is a masterful account of the life & works of William Shakespeare, one of the most famous & most enigmatic people ever to have lived
- not to mention a classic piece of Bill Bryson.