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The Shakespeare guide to Italy retracing the Bard's unknown travels

Using the text from Shakespeare's ten "Italian Plays," the author determined the exact locations of nearly every scene, recording them in a work that's a combination literary detective story and travelogue.

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Main Author:	Roe, Richard Paul, 1922-2010
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harper Perennial, c2011.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Italy. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation. Italy > Description and travel. Italy > In literature.
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Summary:	Using the text from Shakespeare's ten "Italian Plays," the author determined the exact locations of nearly every scene, recording them in a work that's a combination literary detective story and travelogue.
Physical Description:	xviii, 309 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-309).
ISBN:	9780062074263 (pbk.) 0062074261 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	In addition to executing a private Legal practice for more than forty years, Richard Paul Roe undertook a Lifelong study of Shakespeare's Italian Plays. A recipient of degrees in English literature and European history from the University of California at Berkeley, as well as a juris doctor summa cum Laude from the Southwestern University School of Law, he lived in Pasadena, California, until his death in 2010.