On the Site of the Globe Playhouse of Shakespeare: Lyin...
On the Site of the Globe Playhouse of Shakespeare: Lying to ...
The Shakespeare Plot 1 - Assassin's Code
To read or not to read? With a pulse-pounding historical thr...
Shakespeare - The Most Famous Man in London
This is the book for anyone who has ever been forced to stud...
Shakespeare's Two Playhouses: Repertory and Theatre Spa...
Shakespeare's Two Playhouses: Repertory and Theatre Space at...
A Shakespeare Story - A Midsummer Night's Dream
This series gives young readers the chance to discover Shake...
Globe - Life In Shakespeare's London
I Heart London
The perfect London read for this summer!Angelas back on home turf and in her biggest romantic scrape yet
Angela Clark has fallen in love with New York and its starting to love her back.But when shes summoned home to London, shes at risk of losing her shiny new life to never-ending English rain, warm beer and bad memories. Talk about stepping back in timeTheres Mark, the ex-boyfr...
The Moaning of Life - The Worldly Wisdom of Karl Pilkington
Why are we here? The only time I ever asked meself that was on a surprise holiday to Lanzarote. Left to his own devices, Karl Pilkington would be happy with his life just as it is. But now hes hit forty, everyone keeps asking him why hes so reluctant to marry his girlfriend and why he doesnt want to have kids. Its time for Karl to face up to the biggest question of the lot what do...
Romeo and Juliet (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels)
No Fear Shakespeare Illustrated Graphic Novels is a series based on the translated texts of the plays found in No Fear Shakespeare. The original No Fear series made Shakespeares plays much easier to read, but these dynamic visual adaptations are impossible to put down. Each of the titles is illustrated in its own unique style, but all are distinctively offbeat, slightly funky, and...
Dancing to the Precipice - The Life of Lucie de la Tour Du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era
[A] remarkable biography
.Moorehead deftly wields periods detail
to tell the story of a captivating woman who kept her sense of self amid the vicissitudes of politics. Vogue From acclaimed biographer Caroline Moorhead comes Dancing to the Precipice, a sweeping chronicle of the remarkable life of Lucie de la Tour du Pinan astute, thoroughly engaging biography of a formidable woman (Bo...
Shylock is My Name - The Merchant of Venice Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare)
A re-envisaging of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, from the Man Booker Prize-winner and our great chronicler of Jewish life. Who is this guy, Dad? What is he doing here? With an absent wife and a daughter going off the rails, wealthy art collector and philanthropist Simon Strulovitch is in need of someone to talk to. So when he meets Shylock at a cemetery in Cheshires Golden Triangl...
Shakespeare - The Essential Guide to the Plays
A beautifully illustrated reference to Shakespeare and his time. Four centuries after he penned them, Shakespeares plays continue to delight audiences and readers worldwide. Shakespeare: The Essential Guide to the Plays is a stimulating and accessible guide to all of Shakespeares known works as well as a revealing study of the man himself. More than 250 full-color photographs, artwo...
The Spy of Venice - A William Shakespeare novel
When hes caught out by one ill-advised seduction too many, young William Shakespeare flees Stratford to seek his fortune. Cast adrift in London, Will falls in with a band of players but greater men have their eye on this talented young wordsmith. Englands very survival hangs in the balance, and Will finds himself dispatched to Venice on a crucial embassy. Dazzled by the citys masques ...
Shakespeare's Christmas - A Lily Bard Mystery
A must-read mystery from the bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series. A Lily Bard Mystery: 3 Lily Bard has worked hard to leave her old life behind. So shes uneasy about returning to her home town for her sisters Christmas Eve wedding. And with good reason. Violence waits in Bartley the towns doctor and nurse have been bludgeoned to death and Lilys detective boyfriend ...
Shakespeare's Globe
I Was There
is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were really there. I Was There
Shakespeares Globe tells the thrilling story of a young boy actor in Shakespeares own theatre company. Brilliantly reimagined by My Story author, Valerie Wilding, readers aged 7+ will love this vivid firs...
Maisy Goes to London
Go exploring with Maisy in this brand new portrait format! Explore London with this delightful childrens picture book from the multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins. Maisy and her friends are visiting the big city and there is so much to see! Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace, and even the Globe Theatre
Its very noisy in the city! Honk! Honk! Honk! What an exciting day! A wonderfu...
Katie In London
Come on a magical tour with Katie and discover Londons most famous sights! When Katie and her brother Jack visit London with Grandma, something very unexpected happens . . . One of the Trafalgar Square lions comes to life and takes them on a wonderful tour of all the best sights! Including Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Big Ben and the London Eye. London comes to life in this magica...
Richard II - The Oxford Shakespeare
The Oxford Shakespeare General Editor: Stanley Wells The Oxford Shakespeare offer authoritative texts from leading scholars in editions designed to interpret and illuminate the plays for modern readers a new, modern-spelling text, collated and edited from the early texts wide-ranging introduction discusses the plays historical contexts, political significance, characters, sources, and lang...
Titus Andronicus - The Oxford Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus was the young Shakespeares audacious, sporadically brilliant experiment in sensational tragedy. Its horrors are notorious, but its powerful poetry of grief is the work of a true tragic poet. Introducing this edition, E.M. Waith provides a fresh view of the play in its historical context as well as an original discussion of the famous Peacham drawing the only surviving con...
Summer's Lease: Hold on to that summer feeling with this swoony romance - (Shakespeare Sisters)
A wonderful, captivating romantic story. Chicklit Club A free summer holiday in a beautiful villa in Lake Como. The catch? Sharing a house with her worst enemy . . . Cesca Shakespeare has hit rock bottom. After one prize-winning play that ended in disaster, writers block turned up, moved in and got a Netflix subscription. Six years later, shes just lost her crappy job and is about to lo...
A Story of Seven Summers - Life in the Nuns' House
Looking back over seven summers, I know that who I am is where I am. It might not be the secret to life, but it is the secret to this life . Ill tell you how that came to be and that will be the story of the Nuns House. On the outside, Hilary Burden was living a glamorous life she was a busy, high-flying, globetrotting magazine journalist based in London, who thought nothing of flying ...
The Sisters of Battle Road - The Extraordinary True Story of Six Sisters Evacuated from Wartime London
A tale of survival Daily Mail Amazing story The Sun In 1939 Annie Jarman and her six young daughters were evacuated from their south London home and sent to the Sussex countryside to wait out the war. Refusing to be parted, they faced the unknown together, never imagining just how much their lives would change. From the trials and tribulations of leaving London, the destructive horror of t...
World of Shakespeare Sticker Book
Shakespeares plays have inspired many artists, and this information sticker book makes use of some of their artworks to illustrate the life and times of the worlds most famous playwright and the characters he created. * Adding the 90 stickers to the pages provides a wonderful, interactive introduction to Shakespeares works including A MIDSUMMER NIGHtS DREAM, HAMLEt, MACBEtH, ROMEO AND JUL...
London Marco Polo Guide
Marco Polo London: the Travel Guide with Insider Tips Experience all of Londons attractions with this up-to-date, authoritative guide, complete with `Best Of recommendations. Youll discover the best hotels, restaurants, trendy places, buzzing night life, plus shopping tips, suggestions for a tight budget, tips for travel with kids and ideas for sports and other activities. Also contains: the...
Shadows Of The Workhouse - The Drama Of Life In Postwar London
The inspiration for the second series of the BBCs phenomenally popular CALL THE MIDWIFE, starring Miranda Hart. In this follow up to CALL THE MIDWIFE, Jennifer Worth, a midwife working in the docklands area of East London in the 1950s tells more stories about the people she encountered. Theres Jane, who cleaned and generally helped out at Nonnatus House she was taken to the workhouse as ...
Set Me Free - The Story of How Shakespeare Saved A Life
SasO grew up in Naples. He never went to school, and instead grew up with street violence and bloodshed, becoming the leader of a gang of boys who became Camorristi by the age of fourteen. At the age of thirty, he was in prison, his life all but mapped out. Thats when Shakespeare steps in. At SasOs most hopeless point, he is persuaded to join the prisons drama troupe. In Shakespeares Temp...
Bravo, Mr. William Shakespeare!
Seven classic Shakespeare plays presented in an accessible comic strip format. The Globe Theatre is delighted to announce a new season of Mr. William Shakespeares plays! Prithee take your place once more for a performance of seven of the Bards finest tales. See As You Like It, Antony and Cleopatra, Richard III, Twelfth Night, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing eac...