{"product_id":"9781400075980","title":"Shakespeare: The Biography","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eAckroyd, Peter\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAnchor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/14\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on an exceptional combination of skills as literary biographer, novelist,  and chronicler of London history, Peter Ackroyd surely re-creates the world that  shaped Shakespeare--and brings the playwright himself into unusually vivid focus.  With characteristic narrative panache, Ackroyd immerses us in sixteenth-century Stratford  and the rural landscape–the industry, the animals, even the flowers–that would appear  in Shakespeare’s plays. He takes us through Shakespeare’s London neighborhood and  the fertile, competitive theater world where he worked as actor and writer. He shows  us Shakespeare as a businessman, and as a constant reviser of his writing. In joining  these intimate details with profound intuitions about the playwright and his work,  Ackroyd has produced an altogether engaging masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43350888743167,"sku":"9781400075980","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781400075980_s600x595.jpg?v=1782147917","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781400075980","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}