Shakespeare's Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects
Neil MacGregor,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) on 10-01-2013
Neil MacGregor,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Penguin Group (USA) on 10-01-2013
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Format: kindle
ISBN:
9781101638118
Publish date: October 1st 2013
Publisher: Viking Adult
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Science,
Plays,
Theatre,
Religion,
Historical
I really enjoyed this book--I learned a lot about the period and I picked up some new vocabulary words as well. There were great stories in this book, and the last chapter in particular was extremely poignant. I would recommend the book to anyone interested in history, Shakespeare, or theatre.
So far - so utterly enthralling. A wonderfully original idea. Loving it
imported:16. A Change of Time: A rare domestic clock, with an equally rare minute hand and quarter-hour chimes, reveals the changing relationship Shakespeare's audiences had to time.17. Plague and the Playhouse: May 1603 saw not only a new king but the worst plague outbreak since the Black Death. I...
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