The Landscape of William Shakespeare

Michael Justin Davis

ISBN 10: 0863501036 / ISBN 13: 9780863501036

Published by Webb & Bower Ltd, Exeter, 1987

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Very fine book in clean fresh brown cloth covers with bright white titles to spine. Internally mint and free of inscriptions; copiously illustrated. The dust jacket is fine and not price clipped; one small indentation. A most attractive copy.

Seller Inventory # 007625

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Landscape of William Shakespeare
• Publisher: Webb & Bower Ltd, Exeter
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863501036
• ISBN 13: 9780863501036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Simon McBride [Photographs]
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel and Topography

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Synopsis

The Landscape Of William Shakespeare

Synopsis

THIS BOOK REVEALS SHAKESPEARE'S BRITAIN. THERE IS HIS BIRTHPLACE,STRATFORD- UPON-AVON AND LONDON WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE WRITING AND PERFORMING. YET HE WORKED WITH THE MOST DISTINGUISHED THEATRICAL COMPANY IN THE LAND. MARLBOROUGH,RYE,DOVER,BATH,BRISTOL,OXFORD AND COVENTRY ARE BUT A FEW OF THE PLACES THAT THEY VISITED. THIS BOOK LOOKS AT THEM ALL IN RELEVANT DETAIL. THE AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER HAVE WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER,RESEARCHING AND VISITING THE MANY LOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SHAKESPEARE AND RELATED TO HIS WORK. THE RESULTING PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUMINATING TEXT RECREATE THE ELIZABETHAN WORLD IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE LIVED. THERE ARE ALSO CONTEMPORARY ENGRAVINGS AND PAINTINGS WHICH ADD A FURTHER DIMENSION TO THE TEXT.