The Book of William: How Shakespeare's First Folio Conquered the World

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UPC:
9781596911963
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
8/10/2010
Release Date:
8/3/2010
Author:
Paul Collins
Language:
english
Edition:
Reprint
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Shakespeare's First Folio, the first complete collection of his plays, was almost never printed. Its eventual publication went practically unnoticed, and many of the original 750 copies were gone before the turn of the eighteenth century. But a hundred years later the plays were rediscovered, beginning the long, surprising process that secured Shakespeare's legacy. Paul Collins follows this book's journey through the centuries, as it lies undiscovered for decades, burns, sinks, is bought and sold, and ultimately becomes untouchable.