Asquith, Clare.

Summary: "In sixteenth-century England many loyal subjects to the crown were asked to make a terrible choice: serve their monarch or their God. The schism between the Crown and the Catholic Church had widened from a theological dispute in the reign of Henry VIII to bitter political conflict under Elizabeth I. It was also the era of the greatest creative genius the world has ever known: William...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2005

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Michell, John F.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames and Hudson 1996

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Shapiro, James S.

Summary: An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year--1599--that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. How was Shakespeare transformed from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this one exhilarating year we follow what he reads and writes, what he sees, and whom he works with as he invests in the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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Sutcliffe, Jane

Summary: Looks at William Shakespeare and the way his use of words affected our use of the English language today, in the form of a narrative about the writer and his times with words and phrases highlighted that were first used by him, and informative parallel text about them.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 822.33 SUT