Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day

Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day

by RichardTames (Author)

Synopsis

This entertaining and fact-packed guide provides all the information you'll need to travel back in time to Elizabethan London - a booming city of courtiers, cutthroats, merchants, beggars, lawyers, dramatists, apprentices and adventurers. Find out the best way to the capital and where to stay. Saunter over London Bridge, with its hundreds of shops and houses. Glimpse Her Majesty at Whitehall, Europe's largest palace. Watch the finest plays and players at the Rose Theatre, and marvel at the bustle of business in the Royal Exchange. Go down to Greenwich to stand on the deck of the Golden Hind, the ship that Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world. This intriguingly addictive guide provides all you need to know to sightsee, shop and meet the famous in the capital of a nation stirring to greatness.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: 1
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Published: 22 Mar 2018

ISBN 10: 0500293864
ISBN 13: 9780500293867
Book Overview: A witty and authoritative guide to courtiers and cut-throats, playhouses and alehouses in Elizabethan London

Media Reviews
'A light-hearted and novel way to revisit the London of Shakespeare's day ... a lively guide' - Times Literary Supplement
'A skilful combination of light-hearted fun and impressive research, you'll find yourself entertained and educated at the same time' - Family Tree
'Entertaining, easy and quick ... There were quite a few shocking facts that I didn't know!' - Of Beauty and Nothingness
'Ingenious ... good fun!' - This England
Author Bio
Richard Tames lectures on history at Syracuse University London and is a Blue Badge guide. His twenty books on British history include England's Forgotten Past.