A fabulous biography of the life and times of Shakespeare and a wonderful evocation of the Elizabethan period, this delightful book was specially commissioned by The Folio Society and compiled by the author of "Ungentle Shakespeare", Katherine Dunca-Jones in 2004.  It is a beautiful and interesting book for anyone who loves Shakespeare - of course we do!  Duncan-Jones has mingled "passages from Shakespeare's own works with a wide variety of other material" in an "attempt to suggest the richness Elizabethan England, Duncan Jones, Folio Society, English Literature, Literary Fiction, William Shakespeare, Burgundy Color, Vintage Books, How To Look Pretty