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William Shakespeare : The Man Behind the Genius
William Shakespeare The Man Behind the Genius
Author: Anthony Holden
ISBN-13: 9780316518499
ISBN-10: 0316518492
Publication Date: 7/1/2000
Pages: 416
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Publisher: Little, Brown
Book Type: Hardcover
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Fun to read...Unlike many, this book is inhabited by a real, recognisable man, the sort you might see interviewed in a newspaper...An enjoyable interrogation of our national enigma, free of pedantry and bardolatry. -Peter Lewis, Daily Mail (London)

Holden's book is lively, readable, and lit with a real enthusiasm for the plays and poetry. It should reach a wide audience, who will be fascinated with the riddles which make up Shakespeare's life story.-John Mortimer, The Observer (London)

Deserves its place in the turbulent and constantly expanding firmament of Shakespearean studies.-Peter Ackroyd, The Time (London)

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