Shakespeare's Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty

Shakespeare's Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects
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The New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 100 Objects brings the world of Shakespeare and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I into focus

We feel we know Shakespeareâ€™s characters. Think of Hamlet, trapped in indecision, or Macbethâ€™s merciless and ultimately self-destructive ambition, or the Machiavellian rise and short reign of Richard III. They are so vital, so alive and real that we can see aspects of ourselves in them. But their world was at once familiar and nothing like our own.

In this brilliant work of historical reconstruction Neil MacGregor and his team at the British Museum, working together in a landmark collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC, bring us twenty objects that capture the essence of Shakespeareâ€™s universe. A perfect complement to A History of the World in 100 Objects, MacGregorâ€™s landmark New York Times bestseller, Shakespeareâ€™s Restless World highlights a turning point in human history.

This magnificent book, illustrated throughout with more than one hundred vibrant color photographs, invites you to travel back in history and to touch, smell, and feel what life was like at that pivotal moment, when humankind leaped into the modern age. This was an exhilarating time when discoveries in science and technology altered the parameters of the known world. Sir Francis Drakeâ€™s circumnavigation map allows us to imagine the age of exploration from the point of view of one of its most ambitious navigators. A bishopâ€™s cup captures the most sacred and divisive act in Christendom.

With A History of the World in 100 Objects, MacGregor pioneered a new way of telling history through artifacts. Now he trains his eye closer to home, on a subject that has mesmerized him since childhood, and lets us see Shakespeare and his world in a whole new light.
Country USA
Brand Viking Drill & Tool
Manufacturer Viking
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-10-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780670026340

Country	USA
Brand	Viking Drill & Tool
Manufacturer	Viking
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-10-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780670026340

Shakespeare's Restless World: A Portrait of an Era in Twenty Objects

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