Shakespeare: The Biography
by:
Peter Ackroyd (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781856197267 (1856197263)
Publish date: September 26th 2005
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Biography,
Writing,
History,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Books About Books,
Literary Fiction,
Drama,
Biography Memoir
To quote The Bard "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ". In fairness to Mr. Ackroyd,it was probably an unfair expectation to think that any biography of a 16th century writer, even the most read author in history, would have rock star magnitude.
I always dread the time of year when your English teacher wants you to read a biography. I have English Lit. this year so I could only read a biography about someone from England. I honestly just picked this up at the library and expected to drudge through it. I was pleasently surprised when I found...