The Private Life of William Shakespeare
Oxford University Press, £30 hb, 442 pp
Shakespeare
A Stratford man
The enterprising young Shakespeare
by David McInnis •

A portrait of William Shakespeare engraved by Martin Droeshout in 1623 (Wikimedia Commons)
The basic facts of William Shakespeare’s life – his baptism, early marriage, three children, shareholder status in his playing company, acquisition of a coat of arms, purchase of New Place in Stratford, and his death in 1616 – are well known. Is there anything new to say?
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