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Shakespeare's library : unlocking the greatest mystery in literature /

Millions of words of scholarship have been expended on the world's most famous author and his work. And yet a critical part of the puzzle, Shakespeare's library, is a mystery. For four centuries people have searched for it, in mansions, palaces and libraries, in riverbeds, sheep pens and p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kells, Stuart (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, [2019]
Edition:First Counterpoint hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Library.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Books and reading.
Table of Contents:
  • William the Conqueror
  • The mystery
  • The quarry
  • The search begins
  • The master investigator
  • The bibliomaniac
  • The league of radical gentlemen
  • The mystery deepens
  • The Musikbibliothek
  • Alias William Jones
  • Emperor and grand lama
  • The conspiracy
  • The country bumpkin
  • The inbetweener
  • Bibliotheca Mitchelliana
  • Bibliotheca Jonsoniana
  • Closet games
  • All perfect things
  • A writer's library.