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Shakespeare obsession booklist

Biography, orthodox
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
2008/03Shakespeare: The BiographyPeter Ackroyd
2018/07Shakespeare: Soul of the AgeJonathan Bate
2012/08ShakespeareBill Bryson
2005/09Ungentle ShakespeareKatherine Duncan-Jones
2005/02Shakespeare: The Man Behind the GeniusAnthony Holden
2001/02Shakespeare: A LifePark Honan
2002/03Shakespeare, In FactIrvin Leigh Matus
2004/12Shakespeare's AfterlivesJohn O'Connor
2000/08Shakespeare: The ManA.L. Rouse
2000/08Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary LifeSamuel Schoenbaum
2002/12Shakespeare's LivesSamuel Schoenbaum
2006/08A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599James Shapiro
2020/10The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606James Shapiro
2001/08Reinventing ShakespeareGary Taylor
2000/07Shakespeare: The EvidenceIan Wilson
2004/04ShakespeareMichael Wood
Biography, heterodox (authorship controversy)
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
2006/10Shakespeare by Another NameMark Anderson
1998/06Who Wrote Shakespeare?John Michell
2001/11Alias ShakespeareJoseph Sobran
2000/11Shakespeare: Who Was He?Richard E. Whalen
Criticism and analysis
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
2003/11Shakespeare: The Invention of the HumanHarold Bloom
2004/11On ShakespeareNorthrup Frye
2006/03The Meaning of Shakespeare Volume IHarold C. Goddard
2004/04Shakespeare's LanguageFrank Kermode
2005/07Everybody's ShakespeareMaynard Mack
Fiction inspired by Shakespeare
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
2008/08The Lambs of LondonPeter Ackroyd
2006/03Much Ado About MurderSimon Hawke
2011/04A Mystery of ErrorSimon Hawke
2021/07Hamlet, RevengeMichael Innes
2003/09Mrs. Shakespeare: The Complete WorksRobert Nye
2009/08Shakespeare's DogLeon Rooke
2006/08Rosencrantz and Gildenstern are DeadTom Stoppard
2004/10My Father Had a DaughterGrace Tiffany
2009/10Gertrude and ClaudiusJohn Updike
History of Britain
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
2006/02Albion: The Origins of the English ImaginationPeter Ackroyd
2007/04London: The BiographyPeter Ackroyd
1987/08The Land and Literature of England: A Historical AccountRobert M. Adams
2006/04Historical Atlas of Britain: The End of the Middle Ages to the Georgian EraJeremy Black
2007/081215: The Year of the Magna Carta Danziger and Gillingham
2007/10After ElizabethLeanda de Lisle
2004/02Royal PanoplyCarolly Erickson
2005/09Robert, Earl of Essex: An Elizabethan IcarusRobert Lacey
2002/04Shakespeare's KingsJohn Julius Norwich
2006/03LondonJohn Russell
2007/09Shakespeare's English KingsPeter Saccio
2003/01A History of Britain, Volume ISimon Schama
2003/07A History of Britain, Volume IISimon Schama
2004/11A History of Britain, Volume IIISimon Schama
2013/10A History of Britain, Volume ISimon Schama
2008/01Sir Walter RaleighRaleigh Trevelyan
2001/11The Life of Elizabeth IAlison Weir
2002/01The Children of Henry VIIIAlison Weir
2002/05The Wars of the RosesAlison Weir
2002/06The Princes in the TowerAlison Weir
2009/05London: A Short HistoryA.N. Wilson
2006/04Domesday: A Search for the Roots of EnglandMichael Wood
Miscellaneous related
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
2008/10Christopher Marlowe: Poet and SpyPark Honan
2008/09Tamberlaine the Great Part IChristopher Marlowe
2007/06The World of Christopher MarloweDavid Riggs
2005/08Who Killed Kit Marlowe?M.J. Trow
Works of Shakespeare
DATE TITLE AUTHOR
1986/11Henry IV Part IIWilliam Shakespeare
1986/11Henry IV Part IWilliam Shakespeare
1987/01Henry VWilliam Shakespeare
1987/01Richard IIWilliam Shakespeare
1987/11OthelloWilliam Shakespeare
1987/11Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare
1987/12MacbethWilliam Shakespeare
1988/01HamletWilliam Shakespeare
1988/04The Comedy of ErrorsWilliam Shakespeare
1988/07Henry IV Part IWilliam Shakespeare
1989/05HamletWilliam Shakespeare
1990/02A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare
1990/03The Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare
1990/04The TempestWilliam Shakespeare
1990/05Henry VWilliam Shakespeare
1990/07The Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare
1991/04Twelfth NightWilliam Shakespeare
1992/03Antony and CleopatraWilliam Shakespeare
1992/07MacbethWilliam Shakespeare
1992/08HamletWilliam Shakespeare
2000/12The Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare
2001/08HamletWilliam Shakespeare
2004/06King LearWilliam Shakespeare
2004/06The Winter's TaleWilliam Shakespeare
2004/07Comedy of ErrorsWilliam Shakespeare
2004/07Henry VIIIWilliam Shakespeare
2004/07Measure for MeasureWilliam Shakespeare
2004/08CymbelineWilliam Shakespeare
2004/08Henry VI Part IWilliam Shakespeare
2004/09The TempestWilliam Shakespeare
2005/02PericlesWilliam Shakespeare
2005/03As You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare
2005/06Richard IIIWilliam Shakespeare
2005/10MacbethWilliam Shakespeare
2006/02Twelfth NightWilliam Shakespeare
2006/08CoriolanusWilliam Shakespeare
2006/09Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare
2013/06Henry VWilliam Shakespeare
2020/10King LearWilliam Shakespeare
2004/12The Art of Shakespeare's SonnetsWilliam Shakespeare (ed. Helen Vendler)
2004/12Shakespeare's SonnetsWilliam Shakespeare (ed. Stephen Booth)