Shakespeare's Restless World: Portrait of an Era (Paperback) by Neil MacGregor

from JessicaReadsThings

Amazing! This is definitely my type of non-fiction. It's about Shakespeare, it paints a picture of Elizabethan and Jacobean life, and it is a quick, fun read. Through these objects MacGregor gives Shakespeare's plays a humanity that they sometimes lose because they are so symbolic. We start to re...

from tonysomerset

Very readable, attention grabbing, presenting a new view into Shakespearian England and offering new insights into Shakespeare's work. Thoroughly enjoyable, just sit back and enjoy the ride. With the device of a selected object, then taking it and exploring the events and social conditions that p...

from Devil_llama

A look at Elizabethan and Jacobean England through the objects used by the theatre-goers. Some of these were actually found in the remains of old theatres; others were slightly more distant, but still likely to have been used by the theatre crowd. The stories of these objects help to put Shakespe...

from Eyejaybee

Neil MaqcGregor is probably best known to the non-specialist (a group within which I definitely include myself) for his inspirational series"A History of the World in 100 Objects", charting a history of human achievement as measured through one hundred artifacts held at the British Museum. In thi...

from passion4reading

This book follows a fascinating premise: what are the influences that inspired Shakespeare's plays? To really appreciate this book one has to understand that the Elizabethan and Jacobean plays were, quite revolutionary, not just accessible to the nobleman or an eminent personage at court, but to ...