The Shakespeare Guide to Italy: Retracing the Bard's Unknown Travels
&#8220;A fascinating look at a largely untouched aspect of Shakespeare&#8217;s identity and influences. Recommended for Shakespeare enthusiasts and scholars as well as travelers looking for a new perspective, this is also particularly intriguing as a companion to specific plays.&#8221; (Library Journal(starred review))&#8220;An exceptionally entertaining, enlightening, and handsome companion for a thrillingly literate Italian sojourn.&#8221; (Booklist)&#8220;Exciting, original, and convincing....This book is essential reading for all concerned with who really wrote the works of Shakespeare. A thrilling journey of discovery.&#8221; (Sir Derek Jacobi)&#8220;This is a revolutionary and revelatory book, part thrilling detective story and part sober scholarly treatise.&#8221; (Michael York, Shakespearean actor of stage and screen and co-author ofA Shakespearean Actor Prepares)&#8220;This represents a hugely significant intervention in the study of Shakespeare and his dramatic works.&#8221; (Dr. William Leahy, Head of the School of Arts, Shakespeare Authorship Studies, Brunel University)&#8220;Unless someone can prove him wrong, anyone who claims to have written the plays of Shakespeare needs to show some Italian travel documents.&#8221; (Mark Rylance, Founding Artistic Director, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London)