Shakespeare: The Biography

by Peter Ackroyd

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Peter Ackroyd's marvellous biography is a living attempt to reach into the heart of Shakespeare.He creates an intimate and immediate connection with his subject, so that the book reads like the work of a contemporary - meeting Shakespeare afresh on his own ground.Written with intuition and imagination unique to Peter Ackroyd, this is a book by a writer about a writer, and a fascinating and detailed depiction of the world Shakespeare inhabited.
  • ISBN10 074938655X
  • ISBN13 9780749386559
  • Publish Date 7 September 2006 (first published 1 September 2005)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Vintage
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 560
  • Language English