About this title: While literary biography Peter Ackroyd breaks little new ground here, he successfully and beautifully amalgamates what scholars know about the enigmatic and forever popular playwright, mining the plays and sonnets for insight into Shakespeare's personality and personal history, and bringing to life the colorful milieu in which he lived and wrote. The entry into Shakespeare's world is made complete by Ackroyd's use of the original Elizabethan-era English spellings for Shakespearean quotations, one of which heads every chapter.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780385511391ISBN:0385511396
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Edition: First American edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780385511391ISBN:0385511396
Description: Fine in Near Fine DJ. The Biography. Fine copy in near fine wrapper with trace of wear. 572 page scholarly glimpse into Shakespeare & his world. Nice copy. read more
Edition: First Edition. First Printing.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Nan A Talese, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780385511391ISBN:0385511396
Description: Soft Cover. 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall. Uncorrected Proof. Book Condition: Fine. There is a minuscule(! ) chip to rear at top near spine, otherwise fine. Advance Reading Copy (ARC). First Edition. Galley/Proof. Collectible. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780749386559ISBN:074938655X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781856197267ISBN:1856197263
Description: Very Good. CLOTH HARDBACK, in a lightly rubbed and bumped dust jacket. Clean and tight with minor wear. Over twenty years selling secondhand books. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781400075980ISBN:140007598X
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto and Windus, London
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781856197267ISBN:1856197263
Description: Fine. No Jacket. 546 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The earliest biographical references to Shakespeare deserve mentioning. There are allusions and references in various published sources, during his lifetime, but there were no serious descriptions or assessments of his plays. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 2006-11-14
ISBN-13:9781400075980ISBN:140007598X
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781400075980. read more
Edition: First edition. First U.S. Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nan A. Talese
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780385511391ISBN:0385511396
Description: New in new dust jacket. Not "As-New" but in fact new. Crisp. Unclipped, unmarked, unread. Sharp corners, no rubs. Not a remainder. Sewn binding. Half-Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 572 pp. Illus. Audience: General/trade. Highly accomplished modern biography of The Bard. With color plates and other illustrations. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780749386559ISBN:074938655X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 560 pages. (560 pages) offers a biography of shakespeare, this book reads like the work of a contemporary meeting shakespeare. it is a depiction of the world shakespeare inhabited. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: Third printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 2005.
ISBN-13:9780385511391ISBN:0385511396
Description: Fine/Near Fine. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, xxii + 512 pages, red boards. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with slight shelf wear and slight top edge soiling, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine lightly worn dust jacket with a short edge tear and with the original price. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780385511391ISBN:0385511396
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Nan A. Talese, 2005. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780385511391ISBN:0385511396
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Nan A. Talese, 2005. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Fine Book in Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box. read more
Description: Very Good. Exact ISBN/item, listed; UNABRIDGED as indicated. EX-LIBRARY in beautiful condition with very gentle use. Clamshell case is lovely with light wear/bumps at edges; some wear to top edge of artwork insert as it is slightly exposed from beneath vinyl cover. All 13 cassettes appear to be in excellent condition and fully re-wound (if ever played). All audiobooks are guaranteed (since I can't preview every one I sell! ). Usual library markings + cancelled marks. An excellent set with over ... read more
"I only gave this 3 stars because for as interesting it was, it could also be boring. I shamefully admit this book took me months and months to read. It was very informative and I actually learned a lot, but it was no I've just got to pick it up and read it either. Perhaps the author got a bit too detailed with every moment of Shaespeare's life. It's hard to explain because I did really like it, just was soooo glad when it was over too."
"A bit dry, this was a tough one to get through. My streak of Shakespeare related reading has slowed since I've been sidetracked by ventures into other topics, but I appreciated the historical tidbits and details Ackroyd packs in. Although everything here is probably conjecture, it's interesting, but the narrative drags and gets bogged down in details that don't really reveal much about the man behind the plays. I did appreciate the author's decision to stick to the original spellings; try pronouncing a few lines that way and new layers are revealed."
"I finally finished, all 19 hours of it! Excellent reader. It should be renamed, The Time of Shakespeare and Thoughts on His Life. Now I know why Shakespeare's plays take so much time for me to understand, I live in a different world. Politics, vernacular, superstitions, prejudices-bits and pieces of so much of his time period are used in his plays. When I read biographies I like to see the goodness and the spark that makes the person a hero. I finished this book without finding that spark, all I found was as Ackroyd states, genius."
"One of the things I enjoyed the most about this very satisfying book was its structure. Short, thematic chapters allow one to dip in and out quite quickly, and in fact reconcile neatly with the state of Shakespeare's biographical scholarship (which is patchy at best)."
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