Illustrated Biography of William Shakespeare

Hundreds of years have passed since William Shakespeare's time. He has left behind nearly a million words of text but his life is still a mystery. This book is an engaging introduction to a subject that students will certainly encounter many times throughout their education—and their lives.</br>Lucid language and dramatic illustrations re-create the Bard's world of kings and queens fairies and potions and bloody beheadings. It imparts an amazing amount of vivid interesting material about place period and background of Shakespeare.<P>This sweeping account is a biography a history and a retelling of some of Shakespeare’s most famous plays—all in one approachable volume.</br></br> Salient Features:<ul><li>Shakespeare's Early Life</li><li>Life as Playwright and Actor</li><li>Theatre Companies</li><li>Style of Presentation</li><li>Last Years of Life</li><li>England of Shakespeare's Days</li><li>Drama in Shakespeare's Days</li><li>Shakespeare's Greatness as a Poet</li><li>Shakespeare's Influence</li><li>Works of Shakespeare in detail</li><li>Principal Facts of Shakespeare's Life</li></ul>