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William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare is one of the most recognizable names in the world. Regardless of country, language, age, or gender, people are familiar with the Bard’s work and his contributions to literature, theatre, art, and music. His genius was so evident that he became famous and respected throughout England in his own lifetime, eventually earning the attention and patronage of the king himself.

Inside you will read about...

✓ A Legend is Born
✓ The Lost Years
✓ Early Career
✓ The Golden Years
✓ Poetic Works
✓ The Death of William Shakespeare
And much more!

From his humble birth to his sudden death, William Shakespeare’s life is traced through the theatrical legacy he left behind.

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50 pages
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November 21, 2017
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ASIN : B077PDBW2B
Publication date : November 21, 2017
Language : English
File size : 2446 KB
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Print length : 50 pages
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Red Ryder

The Mysterious Bard

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2020

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This is an excellent bio of Shakespeare. We know next to nothing about him, and most academics spend five hundred pages pointing to lines and scenes from his works to indicate what may have happened in his life. To the contrary Hourly History has taken what scraps and tidbits we have concerning his life, put them together with the plays and sonnets and offers us as much as can be known about the Bard. The book’s straight forward-ness might even convince a high schooler to read a play or two.

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Terri Gostola

Worth the read.

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2019

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I took a semester course on Shakespeare in college, which focused primarily on his works and not on his life. I have long thought that not much was known about Shakespeare's life but this biography did point out a lot of know facts. Shakespeare lived in England during the rule of Queen Elizabeth I, commonly referred to as the Elizabethan period, and he lived during a time when many Englishmen and women lived and died without traveling more than half a day's journey from where they were born. Shakespeare was born in a hamlet of Stratford-upon-Avon, over 100 miles from London, to a middle class family in April 1564. He married at the age of 18 to a woman older than him and six months later his daughter Susanna was born. Two years later, he also was the father of twins. Around 1592 Shakespeare began living away from his family in London. He moved home again before he died in 1616.

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Boomer

Yes, Virginia, there really is a William Shakespeare!

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2018

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If you're like me, you really abhorred studying Shakespeare in school. It was filled with language we hadn't a clue of, further obfuscated by paragraph length footnotes, seeking to explain single words, which were only slightly more intelligible than the word they sought to make clear! If you had trouble following my last sentence, you remember Shakespeare as I do!
This book has given me hope. First, William Shakespeare was a man. He was no golden literary god to be worshipped and held in awe from afar. He wrote for the common man of his day. He wrote clearly, succinctly, and plainly. Else, he would have lost his audience. People came and sat on the ground about the stage to hear his characters' words. Crowds don't do that to be bored stiff! Maybe my aversion to Shakespeare has been placed there by self-professed Shakespearean Academic Scholars? I'll find out by giving old Will another try thanks to this book. Read it yourself, perhaps you will too!

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Bevan

But that about his 'life'?

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2018

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An interesting summary of Shakespeare's work - but so little seems to be known about his actual life.
The elusive spirit of his actual life just wafts though this work like momentary steam out of a kettle.
There is no mention of the rumours that Shakespeare MAY not have written all those famous plays / nor of his perhaps also being an actor.
STILL - with so little known of the complexities of his life - this is an interesting glimpse.....

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Kathryn K. Sanders

Very Disappointing

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2020

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This book focused mainly on Shakespeare's works and not on his life. The controversy about whether or not he even wrote these plays is not even mentioned. This is a very one-sided look at Shakespeare, and the chapter about his legacy is over-the-top, giving him credit for influencing the Black movement and the queer movement among others (Really?? Give me a break)

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Trish Winchel

Well Written Biography

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2019

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I would not call myself a reader of Shakespeare, but after reading this brief biography, I am intrigued and want to at least re-read his major works. Shakespeare may never have had the opportunity to give us so rich a legacy if he had not been privileged to have been born in the time period when the middle class had just begun.

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Gregg Bender

Another great installment

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2017

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There's a lot here to digest. Shakespeare was born at a time of major change. He was a commoner who got into the rarified halls of theatre on sheer talent, alarming some of the established playwrights with his rapid popularity.
We can only wonder what happened to him during his 'missing years' which ended when he burst onto the scene. Great read.

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Focuses mostly on the works, as it should be

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2019

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Very little on Shakespeare's life itself, which is hardly surprising given how little we actually have on his life...and what we do have (other than the works) are primarily business documents. The person who wrote this mini-bio has a clear bias for Macbeth over King Lear, but de gustibus and all that.

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Richard Travis

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2018

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intteresting

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Curiosity increases to know about W S

Reviewed in India on May 1, 2020

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Our curiosity increases as we turn pages to know more about William Shakespeare who placed a new world order in literature. Knowledge of ancient language, triumphs and tribulations that cast impression of inner feelings of man on his face becomes a drama to viewers, a poetry to readers and music to ears.

Ashwin Bhaktha

The greatest Playwright of all time, William Shakespeare.

Reviewed in India on May 3, 2020

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Shakespeare was the best dramatist of plays in theatre of his time. He is often called the tragedy King. Some of his most famous plays were Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and Romeo and Juliet. Apart from plays, he has also written 154 sonnets and poems. The most celebrated writer of English language.

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Easy Shakespeare without the grandeur

Reviewed in Australia on July 23, 2019

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I very much like these short histories. This story about Shakespeare want overwhelming and delivered content in good, sharp pieces even a layperson can appreciate. The language was speaking and it's prose will appeal to a large audience as it was not pompous or required a high degree of literacy. I very much enjoyed it. It would have been interesting to delve into how Shakespeare learns to write. This is not a reflection on the author as they clearly state that party is his life is lost to history.

Morgan

A good synopsis

Reviewed in Australia on November 17, 2020

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Little is known of The Bard's private life. This book sums it up quite well if you need a cursory understanding.