The entire world of Shakespeare in one volume. What Shakespeare read, the world he lived in, and from which he drew inspiration for his plays, all presented in a beautifully illustrated folio edition. William Shakespeare: a literary giant, the most popular playwright of all time. His dramas are turbulent and colorful, touching and tragic, arrogant and megalomaniacal, delicate and brutal, witty, thrilling, and bitterly ironic. For his themes, motifs, and characters, Shakespeare, ever curious, drew from the world around him—a time of immense excitement and upheaval, marked by political, scientific, intellectual, and cultural struggles and transformations. Günter Jürgensmeier has spent decades collecting the references that inspired Shakespeare and from which he crafted the material for his magnificent world theater. In "Shakespeare and His World," you will find touching and exciting stories.