The Shakespeare Thefts: In Search of the First Folios
Eric Rasmussen,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Palgrave Macmillan on 10-30-2012
Eric Rasmussen,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Palgrave Macmillan on 10-30-2012
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780230341678 (0230341675)
Publish date: October 30th 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Honestly I was expecting something a little more salacious when I picked up this book. It's less a mystery and more a catalog of various copies of the First Folio. Rasmussen manages to pack a lot of information into each chapter, but there's not much story. It's well-written nonfiction, a fast rea...
Published October 30, 2012. I’m lost in the desert, beer thirsty, hungry, and desperately searching for any sort of book-nourishment Shakespeare-related. What is that I see in the distance? It's something stuck in the sand, and I think it may be oval. As I get closer, I’m also able to see it mor...
Lots of cool tidbits. Not the most gripping of writing or stories but if you like Shakespeare, books, history of books, or history of Shakespeare, or Shakespeare scholarship, then pick it up. It's a quick and easy read.
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