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William Shakespeare Biography leads January Book of the Month
A. L. Rowse, Cornish born Oxford historian, presents William Shakespeare: A Biography as January’s Book-of-the-Month selection. The work situates Shakespeare amid Elizabethan society and politics while using up to date methods to illuminate his life, including a new take on the Sonnets. The review notes Rowse’s skill in linking lines to era changing events and puzzles. The printers' union, organized in 1853, is the oldest labor union in the U. S.
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