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A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare

Audiobook

What accounts for Shakespeare's transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this gripping account, James Shapiro sets out to answer this question and "succeeds where others have fallen short." (Boston Globe)

The year 1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. During that year, Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet. It was when Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen.

James Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare's staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599, bringing together the news and the intrigue of the times with a wonderful evocation of how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman, and playwright.

The result is an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history.


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Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9780792744481
  • File size: 431905 KB
  • Release date: May 1, 2006
  • Duration: 14:59:48

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780792744481
  • File size: 432669 KB
  • Release date: May 1, 2006
  • Duration: 14:59:48
  • Number of parts: 12

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What accounts for Shakespeare's transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this gripping account, James Shapiro sets out to answer this question and "succeeds where others have fallen short." (Boston Globe)

The year 1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. During that year, Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet. It was when Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen.

James Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare's staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599, bringing together the news and the intrigue of the times with a wonderful evocation of how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman, and playwright.

The result is an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history.


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