Rating: 5/5
Review:
Fantastic
This is a terrific book - readable, interesting, thoughtful and full of quirky insights into all sorts of things. Neil MacGregor based his radio series and now this book on objects which have a story to tell about the world in which Shakespeare lived. They are a motley bunch of things, some very costly and fine, some scruffy and poor and some frankly gruesome (the eye of a martyr in a silver case, for example) but Dr MacGregor extracts a fascinating story from each one, relating them not only to Shakespeare's time and his plays, but also to our own age.
The book is beautifully produced with excellent and lavish illustrative photographs. It is a thing to love and keep and to dip into or years to come. It's an absolute cracker and very warmly recommended.
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