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(0)A. L. Rowse
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"This book offers not only glimpses of, but insights into, a remarkable range of characters. ... The accent is on the personal, Rowse's own contacts, associations and interests, as in his Memories of Men and Women, to which the new book offers a sequel. Together they give a remarkable portrait of our time, with the insight into character which Rowse has brought to bear on the Elizabethan Age, with his discoveries about Shakespeare and other Elizabethans....
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"A contribution to social history, The Elizabethan Renaissance portrays the life of each class from the Court downwards - nobles, gentry, the middle class, country folk - and their mentality, conscious or unconscious, to which their way of life gave rise, with its folklore and beliefs, customs and sport."--Jacket.
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"Windsor Castle, parts of which date back to the 11th century, is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. The castle is notable for its long association with the British royal family and for its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I, it has been used by succeeding monarchs and it is the longest-occupied palace in Europe."--Wikipedia.
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Shakespeare the Elizabethan is a brief and briliant life of the world's greatest dramatist within the context of his own time. It was a life, writes A. L. Rowse, 'coterminous with the Elizabethan Age itself' -- the golden age of England and the English language.
A prime glory of the period was the Elizabethan drama, the greatest age in the history of the world's theater. All foreigners coming to London were struck by the brilliant theatres and...