Author: James Shapiro

From the author of 1599, a fresh perspective on the history of the United States - and a timely reminder of Shakespeare''s indelible influence. ...

For two hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of riv...

First published in 1996, James Shapiro's pathbreaking analysis of the portrayal of Jews in Elizabethan England challenged readers to recognize the ...

1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn of 1605, when he took an old and anonymous Eliza...