The Lodger Shakespeare, (Paperback)

from Eyejaybee

An interesting analysis of the locality in which Shakespeare probably passed some of the most productive years of his play-writing career, reconstructed from painstaking analysis of a variety of records. Nicholl, perhaps best known for his previous work, "The Reckoning", an account of the events ...

from LynnB

This biography is based on a court document showing that William Shakespeare testified in a lawsuit while lodging on Silver Street in London. The author uses this information, as well as his knowledge of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, and of Shakespeare's writing to create a biography of this ...

from sageness

GLBT interest tag is because the sum total mention of same-sex social and sexual relationships in Shakespeare's London is limited to one sentence in Note 55 of Section 6.Astrology tag because 16th century astrologer/doctor Simon Foreman plays a role.Like the Shapiro book, this was gorgeously rese...

from JeffV

Surprisingly little is known about one of history's greatest, and most prolific, playwrights, William Shakespeare. There have been attempts (Bill Bryson wrote a good one) to summarize what we know and offer some conjecture to what we do not. Charles Nicholl is attempting such a thing here in The ...

from gayla.bassham

Like spending an evening with a chatty Elizbethan-history geek. I would adore spending an evening with a chatty Elizabethan-history geek, so I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Mileage will vary.