In Shakespeare's Land - A Journey Through the Landscape of Elizabethan England

A love of England, its people, history and institutions is strongly evident in Shakespeare's writing. The most autobiographical of all the Elizabethan dramatists, his background permeates his plays for description of the world he knew, its people, buildings and countryside, occur frequently. Potent reminders of his world have survived to this day - the pastures and woodland of his native Warwickshire, the half-timbered houses and inns of old towns, the bustling streets and elegant palaces of the cities, castles, mansions and parkland, have not all been lost... Here is portrayed this sometimes idyllic, sometimes dramatic world to perfection...