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William Shakespeare – Italian

Michael Parker Pearson

Pitkin

Format:

Paperback

Price: £6.00

Publication date: 3 June 7200

Category: Biography

William Shakespeare was England’s greatest bard. Yet who was this sublime genius? Where did this universal talent have its origins? This book explores Shakespeare’s modest origins and his life in Stratford-upon-Avon and then in London. He lived according to his text – a man of many parts and man for all the world. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history, heritage and travel.

ABOUT THE Author

Michael Parker Pearson is a professor at the UCL Institute of Archaeology, previously Reader in Archaeology at Sheffield University. He is an internationally renowned expert in the archaeology of death and also specialises in the later prehistory of Britain and Northern Europe and the archaeology of Madagascar and the western Indian Ocean. He has published 14 books and over 100 academic papers.