Page 65 of North American New Book Catalog Spring/Summer 2008 by International Publishers Marketing

2469 ipm_catss2008_text12 10/2/07 10:08 am page 64 the national archives new titles will s will new titles may 2008 new the last wishes of william shakespeare the national archives opens a fascinating window onto the england of shakespeare s day country and town family and lovers money and inheritance theatre and religion in 1616 a well-to-do gentleman in sleepy stratford-upon-avon signed hi last will and testament the only record of his signature we now possess later than year he was dead so william shakespeare shuffled off his mortal coil leaving to posterity an immortal body of words and a constant headache for biographers will s will takes the written record of shakespeare s last wishes as a starting point for exploring his eventful yet mysterious life the original will one of the national archives most prized treasures is reproduced in full with with a transcript for modern readers individual phrases are probed with a light entertaining touch to reveal what we can piece together about shakespeare the writer and the man his friends and family his lovers the places where he lived his beliefs his growing wealth and of course the theatres where he made his name the result is a fascination freewheeling journey into a life and death with tantalizingly few facts and room for intriguing conjecture may 2008 cloth us $14.95 can $16.75 isbn 978-1-905615-24-7 112 pages 5x6 16 plates biography theatre literature history contents `in the county of warr shakespeare s places `to my ffellowes shakespeare s friends `in the blackfriers in london shakespeare s theatres `my second best bed shakespeare s lovers `i gyve and bequeath shakespeare s money `heirs male of the bodie shakespeare s children `jesus christe my saviour shakespeare s religion `by me william shakespeare shakespeare s enigma the english monarchs series james ii john callow paper us $22.95 can $25.75 isbn 978-1903365-57-1 richard iii sean cunningham paper us $22.95 can $25.75 isbn 978-1903365-45-8 elizabeth i david loades paper us $22.95 can $25.75 isbn 978-1903365-43-4 henry v malcolm mercer paper us $22.95 can $25.75 isbn 978-1903365-71-7 james i james travers paper us $22.95 can $25.75 isbn 978-1903365-56-4 page 64 to order call 1-800-758-3756 fax 1-703-661-1501 www.internationalpubmarket.com

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