![]() He read extensively: everything published in that year, letters and other documents. Shapiro examined contemporary books and documents to try to work out more about the world in which Shakespeare lived. They were acted against a backdrop of high political drama: a severe mess in Ireland, rumours of another Spanish Armada, a Bishops’ ban on subversive satirical poetry.” According to Jonathan Bate, who reviewed it for the Telegraph, It was “one of the few genuinely original biographies of Shakespeare”, the year an “inspired choice”.”It was a year when Shakespeare’s equal gifts for history, tragedy and comedy were on display: the year of Henry V, Julius Caesar and As You Like It. ![]() ![]() ![]() Back in 2005 James Shapiro published his book 1599, about a single year in Shakespeare’s life. ![]()
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