{"product_id":"a-year-in-the-life-of-william-shakespeare-1599","title":"A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599","description":"Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize’s 25th Anniversary Winner of Winners award\nWhat accounts for Shakespeare’s transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this gripping account, James Shapiro sets out to answer this question, \"succeed[ing] where others have fallen short.\" (Boston Globe)\n1599 was an epochal year for Shakespeare and England. During that year, Shakespeare wrote four of his most famous plays: Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, and, most remarkably, Hamlet; Elizabethans sent off an army to crush an Irish rebellion, weathered an Armada threat from Spain, gambled on a fledgling East India Company, and waited to see who would succeed their aging and childless queen.\nJames Shapiro illuminates both Shakespeare’s staggering achievement and what Elizabethans experienced in the course of 1599, bringing together the news and the intrigue of the times with a wonderful evocation of how Shakespeare worked as an actor, businessman, and playwright. The result is an exceptionally immediate and gripping account of an inspiring moment in history.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0060088745\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0060088745.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shapiro, James\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43231647596605,"sku":"BVV.0060088745.G","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0060088745-0.jpg?v=1779744603","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/a-year-in-the-life-of-william-shakespeare-1599","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}