false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165766083m/8862.jpg 8862 9 <center> <p> 1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England </p> </center> <p> Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: <i>Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It,</i> and, most remarkably, <i>Hamlet</i>; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen. </p> <p> James Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare's staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599, bringing together the news and the intrigue of the times with a wonderful evocation of how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman, and playwright. The result is an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history. </p> 975745 2005 A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599 (P.S.) total:210|5:54|4:93|3:54|2:6|1:3| 210 819 393 56 4 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 10:12:56 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 10:13:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 19 21:54:34 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 10:07:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 11 07:02:03 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 07:11:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 13:02:32 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 11:44:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 17:26:44 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 14:17:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 06:49:31 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 07:04:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 19 21:32:41 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 07 21:39:47 -0800 2009
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