Shakespeare, Michael Wood. Published by Basic Books, 2003. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 352pp., with over 100 color and black and white illustrations. Quarter red over black boards, silver spine titles, black endpapers. In fine, unread condition.
A brilliant piece of historical investigative journalism by acclaimed broadcaster and historian Michael Wood. Shakespeare is a fresh telling of the playwright’s life based on a wide range of newly discovered sources, such as police and torture records. Rather than approaching Shakespeare as an isolated genius, Wood argues that he was very much a product of his place and time–a period of upheaval that straddled the medieval and modern worlds.
