Hidden orchestra biography of william shakespeare

Skip to the beginning of the images gallery. Shakespeare's London. Shakespeare's Mistress. Be the first to review this product. A fascinating new biography of the greatest writer who ever lived. Availability: In stock. ISBN In the year of the World Shakespeare Festival a new biography of Shakespeare has hit the bookstands. It sometimes seems that every author feels obliged to write a biography of Shakespeare, so important is it to link their name with the great man.

This book is different. Nicholas Fogg is, as far as I know, the first person born and brought up in Stratford to publish a biography of Shakespeare. He documents several murders and other crimes, petty misdemeanours, and major fires and outbreaks of plague. Enclosing common land and bad harvests caused hardship, even starvation in the town as well at the surrounding countryside, and national events like the Gunpowder Plot had repercussions far from London.

Hidden orchestra biography of william shakespeare

Shakespeare spent most of his creative life in London, and the story maintains its pace because the author has also closely examined events in the capital. He suggests for instance that the Thomas Lucy who is mocked in The Merry Wives of Windsor is likely to be the son of the Thomas Lucy of Charlecote who Shakespeare is thought to have fled from as a young man.

Did he have an arranged marriage? Why did he leave Stratford to emerge as a star of the London stage? What impact did his life and the period in which he lived have on his work? William Shakespeare's talent was the result of a fortuitous combination of environment, epoch and genius. This fascinating new book draws these threads together to provide a more complete impression of the man and his works.

Loading interface About the author. What impact did his life and the period in which he lived have on his work? William Shakespeare's talent was the result of a fortuitous combination of environment, epoch and genius. This fascinating new book draws these threads together to provide a more complete impression of the man and his works. Includes 25 Illustrations.