{"product_id":"shakespeares-restless-world-an-unexpected-history-in-twenty-objects","title":"Shakespeare's Restless World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe  Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties  were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Restless World\u003c\/i\u003e  uncovers the extraordinary stories behind twenty objects from the  period to re-create an age at once distant and yet surprisingly  familiar. From knife crime to belief in witches, religious battles to  the horizons of the New World, Neil MacGregor brings the past to life in  a fresh, unexpected portrait of a dangerous and dynamic era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating  ... filled with anecdotes and insights, eerie, funny, poignant and  grotesque ... another brilliant vindication of MacGregor's understanding  of physical objects to enter deep into our fore­fathers' mental and  spiritual world'  Christopher Hart, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Enjoyable  and intriguing, an absorbing evocation ... he draws us into the minds  of the Elizabethan and Jacobean audience. Next time you see one of the  plays reading this book will make those first audiences seem real to  you'  Peter Lewis, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'How gripping are these  tales from a lost world. And what a world Shakespeare's was -  adventurous, melancholy, rich and plagued by beggary, courteous and  quarrelsome, sceptical and credulous'\u003ci\u003e  Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e'Elegant, informative ... provides stimulating insights'  Anne Somerset, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54028558991704,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780718195700_e3ee1071-0c57-4533-ab8e-88e4995e76c1.jpg?v=1764464441","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shakespeares-restless-world-an-unexpected-history-in-twenty-objects","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}