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5.0 out of 5 stars
If you want to know more about a person, look at the company they keep, November 27, 2006
This review is from: Shakespeare's Friends (Hardcover)
Shakespear's Friends is a book that enhances knowledge about William Shakespear, as it gives insight into the type of man he really was. Many of William Shakespear's friends were from royalty, yet others were from those he worked with, and many of his friends were from the working class. Through his body of work, one can tell William Shakespear valued friendship.
The book is broken into different periods of his life, his friends in Stratford before he left for London, friends in London, friends he knew from his profession. Among his friends were Elizabeth I, James I, Francis Collins, Richard Field, and countless more. His friends transended the lines of gender, and class. As he had female friends, as well as those that were from all lines of work. One can tell he was readily able to draw characters in his places from personal knowledge of a variety of people.
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