{"product_id":"shakespeares-restless-world-9780718195700","title":"Shakespeares Restless World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe  Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties  were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. \u003ci\u003eShakespeare''s Restless World\u003c\/i\u003e  uncovers the extraordinary stories behind twenty objects from the  period to re-create an age at once distant and yet surprisingly  familiar. From knife crime to belief in witches, religious battles to  the horizons of the New World, Neil MacGregor brings the past to life in  a fresh, unexpected portrait of a dangerous and dynamic era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fascinating  ... filled with anecdotes and insights, eerie, funny, poignant and  grotesque ... another brilliant vindication of MacGregor''s understanding  of physical objects to enter deep into our forefathers'' mental and  spiritual world''  Christopher Hart, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Enjoyable  and intriguing, an absorbing evocation ... he draws us into the minds  of the Elizabethan and Jacobean audience. Next time you see one of the  plays reading this book will make th\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371748106583,"sku":"9780718195700","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780718195700.jpg?v=1730154398","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/shakespeares-restless-world-9780718195700","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}