A review by scholarsmuse
Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson

3.0

I suppose I keep reading books about Shakespeare because it is one of the ways I get to spend time with him, even though I don't learn anything new about him. What cracks me up about this book is that Bryson writes a number of times that very little is known about Shakespeare and much of what is claimed to be known is purely conjecture. Contradicting this, the publisher has written in the description on the back of the book that Bryson "reveals the man himself." Ha! Not even close.

This book is an interesting read that casual fans of Shakespeare will enjoy.