Peter Ackroyd's marvellous biography is a living attempt to reach into the heart of Shakespeare.He creates an intimate and immediate connection with his subject, so that the book reads like the work of a contemporary - meeting Shakespeare afresh on his own ground.Written with intuition and imagination unique to Peter Ackroyd, this is a book by a writer about a writer, and a fascinating and detailed depiction of the world Shakespeare inhabited.
ISBN: | 9780749386559 |
Publisher: | Random House |
Imprint: | Vintage |
Published date: | 07 Sep 2006 |
DEWEY: | 822.33 |
DEWEY edition: | 22 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 546 |
Weight: | 426g |
Height: | 199mm |
Width: | 129mm |
Spine width: | 30mm |