A review by mapdock
Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson

4.0

A quick, good read that uncovers all we don't know about Shakespeare, plus a lot of color about the time and place he occupied. Bryson always feels like a humor writer grafted (successfully) to the travel/history genre, and this book is no different. The underlying joke here is how conjecture has compensated for the minuscule historical certainty that exists around Shakespeare and his work. Bryson pokes fun at some desperate past attempts to uncover the true Shakespeare, and highlights the hard facts with his usual wit.