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96 pp.
| Candlewick |
November, 2001 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-1568-4$$19.99
(3)
YA
Illustrated by
Robert Ingpen.
Rich illustrations supply both panorama and detail for this distillation of information about Shakespeare's life and works. Rosen's conversational narrative frequently introduces relevant quotations from the plays as he discusses facts and scholarly guesses about Shakespeare, Renaissance London, and the plays themselves. A detailed time line ends the volume. Bib., ind.