Know It All Shakespeare
I like to know a little about a lot of things. At some point you'll find something that peaks your interest and then you've got a research black hole you can fall into. So when I see books like this I'm always interested to see how they approach a subject. Know It All Shakespeare: 50 Key Aspects of the Bard's Works, Life & Legacy, Each Explained in Under a Minute by Ros Barber. The book is set out quite neatly in seven sections that house the 50 key aspects. Each of those sections has a short essay on a specific Shakespeare play as well as a glossary. The pages themselves are set out for multiple factual sections: 3-second Prompts - a one/two line summary of the topic 3-minute Call - key point about the topic 3-second Biographies - profession and timeline of people relating to the topic Related Topics - other sections of the book that are relevant and the main article The trouble with a lot of factual books is the sheer volume of heavy text. This ...