Shakespeare (The Illustrated and Updated Edition)

Shakespeare (The Illustrated and Updated Edition) - Bill Bryson An honest, straight-forward, to the point, and sometimes amusing, look at the man and mystery of Shakespeare and the times in which he lived. A good biography for not only the casual fan of Shakespeare, but for the die-hards as well. I was pleased to see that Bryson was not a fan of the Anti-Stratfordian movement and he does a concise job of spelling out the controversy (and the ridiculousness of it). The pictures in this new edition are wonderful and help the reader capture a mind's image of this time in history.