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Shakespeare: The Greatest Writer (The True Story of William Shakespeare)
Shakespeare did more than any person to shape the English language, coining more than a thousand words and writing a host of poems and plays considered the finest of their genres. Yet the documentary record is of his life is surprisingly scanty; literary historians know more about the lives of ancient Greek tragedians like Aeschylus and Sophocles than they do about Britain’s greatest writer.
In this compact, highly readable biography, Alexander Kennedy separates truth from fiction, history from myth in the life of this enigmatic genius. Was Shakespeare gay or bisexual? Who were the recipients of his celebrated sonnets? Did another author write some or all of his plays? How could a single man’s work so thoroughly reshape our language, our literature, and our world? The answers lie within.
"To be, or not to be, that is the question." - William Shakespeare
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In this compact, highly readable biography, Alexander Kennedy separates truth from fiction, history from myth in the life of this enigmatic genius. Was Shakespeare gay or bisexual? Who were the recipients of his celebrated sonnets? Did another author write some or all of his plays? How could a single man’s work so thoroughly reshape our language, our literature, and our world? The answers lie within.
"To be, or not to be, that is the question." - William Shakespeare
Buy Now to
Buy Now and Read The True Story of William Shakespeare...
203 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 15, 2016
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November 8, 2018
A Genius in His Right
As a writer of his millennium, mastermind Shakespeare takes his level of literary skills to the minds of billions.
This biography on the master is very, very thought-provoking.
Knowing that he has done what he has done allows all of mankind to understand what can be done by a person.
In times like now we need a man in the past like him.
And this book helps us understand why.
As a writer of his millennium, mastermind Shakespeare takes his level of literary skills to the minds of billions.
This biography on the master is very, very thought-provoking.
Knowing that he has done what he has done allows all of mankind to understand what can be done by a person.
In times like now we need a man in the past like him.
And this book helps us understand why.
July 21, 2018
An OK read. Shorter than I expected. Less detail than I wished for.
March 11, 2020
Superficial
Provides some interesting bits of information, despite being, on the whole, fairly superficial. Not the best dout for understanding Shakespeare.
Provides some interesting bits of information, despite being, on the whole, fairly superficial. Not the best dout for understanding Shakespeare.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews