This ebook is an excerpt from Contested Will by James Shapiro, and originally appeared as the last section titled "Shakespeare."  In this chapter, Shapiro succintly and eloquently makes the case for why...

A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 Shakespeare's position as England's national poet is established and unquestionable. But as James Shapiro illuminates in this revelatory new history, Shakespeare...

For two hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including The Earl of Oxford, Sir Francis...

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, and shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford 'Winner of Winners' award in 2023How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest...

In this remarkable book, Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, author of Shakespeare in a Divided America, explains when and why so many people began to question whether Shakespeare wrote his plays. For...

Nova edição da premiada biografia de William Shakespeare em comemoração ao seu aniversário de 460 anosO ano de 1599 foi crucial para o desenvolvimento artístico de Shakespeare, assim como as reviravoltas...

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize’s 25th Anniversary Winner of Winners awardWhat accounts for Shakespeare’s transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived?...

Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, author of Shakespeare in a Divided America, shows how the tumultuous events in 1606 influenced three of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies written that year—King...

'GRIPPING AND FIERCELY URGENT.' - FINTAN O'TOOLE'FASCINATING, TIMELY, AND DEEPLY RESEARCHED.' - THE SPECTATOR'AN ABSORBING, NECESSARY BOOK.' - AYAD AKHTAR From the 'Winner of Winners' of the Baillie...

1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn of 1605, when he took an old and anonymous Elizabethan play, The Chronicle History of King Leir, and...