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1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare, by James Shapiro, is an intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature.a

About the Author

Professor James Shapiro, who teaches at Columbia University, is the author of Rival Playwrights, Shakespeare and the Jews and Oberammergau: The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play.

Reviews

"'One of the few genuinely original biographies of Shakespeare.' Jonathan Bate, Sunday Telegraph"