Shakespeare's Restless World
An Unexpected History in Twenty Objects
$40.92
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2014
Summary
An enthralling exploration of Shakespeare’s world, and of the minds of his audiences.
The Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. Shakespeare’s Restless World uncovers the extraordinary stories behind twenty objects from the period to re-create an age at once distant and yet surprisingly familiar. From knife crime to belief in witches, religious battles to the horizons of the New World, Neil MacGregor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780718195700 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0718195701 |
| Author: | Dr Neil MacGregor |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2014 |
| Weight: | 235g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 19mm |
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About The Author
Dr Neil MacGregor
Neil MacGregor was Director of the National Gallery, London from 1987 to 2002 and of the British Museum from 2002 to 2015, and Chair of the Steering Committee of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin from 2015 to 2018. His previous books include A History of the World in 100 Objects, Shakespeare’s Restless World and Germany- Memories of a Nation, all available in Penguin and now between them translated into more than a dozen languages. In 2010, he was made a member of the Order of Merit, the UK’s highest civil honour. In 2015 he was awarded the Goethe Medal and the German National Prize. In 2018 the radio series Living with the Gods received the Sandford Saint Martin Award for Religious Broadcasting.
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