Shakespeare – The World as a Stage

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.

“A brilliantly funny and gently insightful travel guide to 16th century England… As an abbreviated tour around the world of Shakespeare, this could hardly be bettered.” The Sunday Times