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In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating episode in Shakespeare's life. Marshalling evidence from a wide variety of sources, including previously unknown documentary material on the Mountjoys, he conjures up a detailed and compelling description of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked, and in which he wrote such plays as "Othello", "Measure for Measure" and "King Lear".

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: plays & playwrights

• Full title: Lodger
• Author: Charles Nicholl
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• EAN: 9780141023748
• ISBN: 0141023740
• ID: 04025718
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 320 g
• Dimensions: 197 × 130 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. July 2008

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