Shakespeare
by Bill Bryson
Taste attributes: biographyhistoricaldocumentaryslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemssocial commentaryunlikely connections
Boxlist takeRealistic and slow-burning: an inventive biography, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like patience over pace.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts.
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- Author
- Bill Bryson
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 240
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- Open Library
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