«Written with verve, this biography is as breezy as it is illuminating.»

Laurie Maguire, Fellow, Magdalen College, and Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford, UK

«As wry and witty as it is thorough and thoughtful, Menzer’s eminently readable study is the most fun you will ever have with a biography of Shakespeare.»

Andrew Hartley, Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare, The University of North Carolina at