Shakespeare : The World as a Stage

Subtitled, }The World As Stage{. Bill Bryson turns his attention to the Elizabethan playwright as part of the }Eminent Lives{ series, which aims to pair great subjects with renowned writers. }A Short History of Nearly Everything{ has sold almost 1.2 million copies and }Notes From A Small Island{ 800,000. 'Measured, sensible and, at times, as wryly