num_pages: 352
description: William Shakespeare's life was as colorful, varied, and dramatic as his works. He was the Warwickshire country boy who "disappeared" for 7 years before ending up in London as an apprentice actor; whose peers could scarcely keep up with the plays he turned out for them; who rapidly became a favourite at the court of Elizabeth I; and who returned to Stratford a prosperous "gentleman," proud to realize his father's dream of a family coat of arms before his death at 52. This is an illustrated biography of the most renowned of all dramatists and poets.
language: English
title: William Shakespeare: An Illustrated Biography
titlecomplete: William Shakespeare: An Illustrated Biography
genres: Audiobook, 16th Century, Art, Biography, Tudor Period, Nonfiction, History, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 89
publisher: Little, Brown Book Group