The Shakespeare Guide to Italy: Retracing the Bard's Unknown Travels

Equal parts literary detective story and vivid travelogue, TheShakespeare Guide to Italychronicles author Richard Paul Roe sthirty-year quest to find the locations in which Shakespeare set his tenItalian plays delivering a text which will forever change our understanding ofhow to read the Bard of Avon and irrevocably alter our vision of who WilliamShakespeare really was. More than 150 full-color images illustrate and enhanceRoe s captivating narrative, illuminating his lifelong journey and shining alight into the depths of Shakespeare s experiences in Italy. Until now,Shakespeare s use of Italian backdrops Romeo and Juliet s Verona, Othello sVenice, Much Ado About Nothing s Messina, to name a few has been thesource of controversy and conjecture. With The Shakespeare Guide to Italy,Roe s meticulous study reveals the secrets that have eluded scholars forcenturies.