August 03, 2009

The Lodger : Shakespeare on Silver Street by Charles Nicholl

Shakespeare lived in London full time for about 2 years in the early XVIIth Century. C. Nicholl did some research and investigation about it. This book is somehow quite dry but I'm glad I persisted until the end. It does tell us a lot on this period in London. For example we tend to forget how racist and prejudiced against foreigners this society was. And you had to attend a church no matter what !

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