Summary
An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year--1599--that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. How was Shakespeare transformed from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating yea... Full description
- Winter
- A battle of wills
- A great blow in Ireland
- Burial at Westminster
- A sermon at Richmond
- Band of brothers
- Spring
- The globe rises
- Book burning
- Is this a holiday?
- Summer
- The invisible Armada
- The passionate pilgrim
- Simple truth suppressed
- The forest of Arden
- Autumn
- Things dying, things newborn
- Essays and soliloquies
- Second thoughts.