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.
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245 1 4 |a The Shakespeare guide to Italy :  |b retracing the Bard's unknown travels /  |c Richard Paul Roe. 
250 |a 1st ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Harper Perennial,  |c c2011. 
300 |a xviii, 309 p. :  |b ill. (chiefly col.), maps ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-309). 
505 0 |a Romeo and Juliet : "devoted love in Verona" -- The two gentlemen of Verona, part 1 : "sailing to Milan" -- The two gentlemen of Verona, part 2 : "Milan : arrivals and departures" -- The taming of the shrew : "Pisa to Padua" -- The merchant of Venice, part 1 : "Venice : the city and the empire" -- The merchant of Venice, part 2 : "Venice : trouble and trial" -- Othello : "strangers and streets, swords and shoes" -- A midsummer night's dream : "midsummer in Sabbioneta" -- All's well that ends well : "France and Florence" -- Much ado about nothing : "misfortune in Messina" -- The winter's tale : "a cruel notion resolved" -- The tempest : "island of wind and fire". 
520 |a 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. 
600 1 0 |a Shakespeare, William,  |d 1564-1616  |x Knowledge  |x Italy. 
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651 0 |a Italy  |x Description and travel. 
651 0 |a Italy  |x In literature. 
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