Immerse yourself in the sublime words of the Bard with this sumptuous anthology of Shakespeare, with one entry for every night of the year.
Chosen especially by a Shakespeare fanatic to reflect the changing seasons and daily events, the entries in this glorious book include:
Romeo and Juliet on Valentine's Day.
A Midsummer Night's Dream in Midsummer.
The witches of Macbeth around their cauldron on Halloween.
Also featured is one of Shakespeare's only two mentions of football for the anniversary of the first FA cup final.
Beautifully illustrated with favourite scenes from Shakespeare's best-loved plays, this magnificent volume is a fun introduction to the well-known work and lesser known plays and poetry and is designed to be accessible to both adults and curious children.
Keep this book by your bedside and luxuriate in the rich language of the greatest writer the world has ever known, for entertainment, relaxation and timeless wisdom every night of the year.
Over de auteur
Colin Salter is a former theatrical production manager, now a prolific author of literary history. In the course of fifteen years he worked on well over a hundred plays including, of course, many by William Shakespeare. For Batsford he has written 100 Books that Changed the World and 100 Children’s Books that Inspire Our World. He is the author of a biography of Mark Twain and is currently working on a history of the books in one family’s three-hundred-year-old library. He delights in the richness of language, whether William Shakespeare’s or PG Wodehouse’s. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife, dog and bicycle.
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