The Shakespeare Guide to Italy: Retracing the Bard's Unknown

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The Shakespeare Guide to Italy: Retracing the Bard's Unknown Travels

Equal parts literary detective story and vivid travelogue, TheShakespeare Guide to Italy chronicles author Richard Paul Roeâ€™sthirty-year quest to find the locations in which Shakespeare set his tenItalian playsâ€”delivering a text which will forever change our understanding ofhow to read the Bard of Avon and irrevocably alter our vision of who WilliamShakespeare really was. More than 150 full-color images illustrate and enhanceRoeâ€™s captivating narrative, illuminating his lifelong journey and shining alight into the depths of Shakespeareâ€™s experiences in Italy. Until now,Shakespeareâ€™s use of Italian backdropsâ€”Romeo and Julietâ€™s Verona, Othelloâ€™sVenice, Much Ado About Nothingâ€™s Messina, to name a fewâ€”has been thesource of controversy and conjecture. With The Shakespeare Guide to Italy,Roeâ€™s meticulous study reveals the secrets that have eluded scholars forcenturies.

The Shakespeare Guide to Italy: Retracing the Bard's Unknown Travels