Eminent Lives serie #2

Shakespeare: The World As A Stage

Name: Shakespeare: The World As A Stage
Brand: Bryson, Bill
SKU: GD-9780007197903
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Le Pitch

Subtitled, }The World As Stage{. Bill Bryson turns his attention to the Elizabethan playwright as part of the }Eminent Lives{ series, which aims to pair great subjects with renowned writers. }A Short History of Nearly Everything{ has sold almost 1.2 million copies and }Notes From A Small Island{ 800,000. 'Measured, sensible and, at times, as wryly humorous as you'd expect' }TimesQuatrième de couvertureExamining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan England, he brings to life the places and characters that inspired Shakespeare's work. Along the way he delights in the inventiveness of Shakespeare's language, which has given us so many of the indispensable words and phrases we use today, and celebrates the Bard's legacy to our literature, culture and history.Drawing together information from a vast array of sources, this is a masterful account of the life and works of William Shakespeare, one of the most famous and most enigmatic people ever to have lived - not to mention a classic piece of Bill Bryson. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

Contenu

4ème de couverture

Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan England, he brings to life the places and characters that inspired Shakespeare's work. Along the way he delights in the inventiveness of Shakespeare's language, which has given us so many of the indispensable words and phrases we use today, and celebrates the Bard's legacy to our literature, culture and history.Drawing together information from a vast array of sources, this is a masterful account of the life and works of William Shakespeare, one of the most famous and most enigmatic people ever to have lived - not to mention a classic piece of Bill Bryson.Biographie de l'auteurBill Bryson's internationally bestselling books include ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’ (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize), ‘A Walk in the Woods’, ‘Neither Here Nor There’, ‘Made in America’, ‘Notes from a Small Island’, ‘The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid’ and, most recently, ‘At Home’. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he now lives in Norfolk with his wife and four children.

Eminent Lives serie #2

Shakespeare: The World As A Stage

4.0

(77)

2,45 €

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Le Pitch

Subtitled, }The World As Stage{. Bill Bryson turns his attention to the Elizabethan playwright as part of the }Eminent Lives{ series, which aims to pair great subjects with renowned writers. }A Short History of Nearly Everything{ has sold almost 1.2 million copies and }Notes From A Small Island{ 800,000. 'Measured, sensible and, at times, as wryly humorous as you'd expect' }TimesQuatrième de couvertureExamining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan England, he brings to life the places and characters that inspired Shakespeare's work. Along the way he delights in the inventiveness of Shakespeare's language, which has given us so many of the indispensable words and phrases we use today, and celebrates the Bard's legacy to our literature, culture and history.Drawing together information from a vast array of sources, this is a masterful account of the life and works of William Shakespeare, one of the most famous and most enigmatic people ever to have lived - not to mention a classic piece of Bill Bryson. Afficher moinsAfficher plus

Détails du livre

Titre complet

Shakespeare: The World As A Stage

Editeur

Format

Broché

Publication

24 mars 2016

Série

Eminent Lives

Pages

222

Taille

12.9 x 19.8 x 1.4 cm

Poids

185

ISBN-13

9780007197903

Contenu

4ème de couverture

Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan England, he brings to life the places and characters that inspired Shakespeare's work. Along the way he delights in the inventiveness of Shakespeare's language, which has given us so many of the indispensable words and phrases we use today, and celebrates the Bard's legacy to our literature, culture and history.Drawing together information from a vast array of sources, this is a masterful account of the life and works of William Shakespeare, one of the most famous and most enigmatic people ever to have lived - not to mention a classic piece of Bill Bryson.Biographie de l'auteurBill Bryson's internationally bestselling books include ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’ (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize), ‘A Walk in the Woods’, ‘Neither Here Nor There’, ‘Made in America’, ‘Notes from a Small Island’, ‘The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid’ and, most recently, ‘At Home’. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he now lives in Norfolk with his wife and four children.

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