Spilling The Beans On William Shakespeare and other Elizabethans from around the Globe

by Dennis Hamley, Mike Mosedale

Genres: Nonfiction

95 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Dennis Hamley was born in Kent in 1935 and lived in southern England throughout the war. After attending Cambridge University and completing a PHD at Leicester, Dennis went on to teach English and work in Education as a tutor and advisor.

He began writing in the 1970s and quickly showed his versatility. From the supernatural, to football to wartime novels, Dennis’s beautifully simple prose transports the reader effortlessly to the world of his novels. Many of Dennis’s tales center on uncovering the truth and revealing hidden stories. He uses period details and sensitive characterization to bring history and its people to life. He is passionate about providing page-turning reads for a new generation of discriminating readers.

Reviews

[Bahman Bahman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spilling the Beans on William Shakespeare A non fiction book by Dennis Hamley and Published by Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd is one of the SPILLING THE BEANS ON - series which presents entertaining and very informative facts about the life of William Shakespeare and other Elizabethans. Illustrated with black and white cartoons.

[Julius Carl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite helpful and useful, especially as an English major since it contains information that was tackled in English literature. 

[Bethany · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this. Light-hearted yet very factually interesting too!