![]() But after inherit ing his titles and one of England’s great estates, he astonished his associates, and no doubt himself, by managing to lose every penny of his inheritance in just nine years through a series of spectacularly unsound investments. ![]() He sired an illegitimate child in Italy, spoke occasionally in the Houses of Parliament against the repeal of the Corn Laws, and developed an early interest in plumbing (his house at Stowe, in Buckinghamshire, had nine of the first flush toilets in England), but otherwise was distinguished by nothing more than his glorious prospects and many names. Shakespeare The World as Stage Bill Bryson e m i n e n t l i v e s To Finley and Molly and in memory of Maisie Contents Chapter One In Search of William Shakespeare 1 Chapter Two The Early Years, 1564–1585 22 Chapter Three The Lost Years, 1585–1592 45 Chapter Four In London 66 Chapter Five The Plays 96 Chapter Six Years of Fame, 1596–1603 117 Chapter Seven The Reign of King James, 1603–1616 132 Chapter Eight Death 152 Chapter Nine Claimants 181 Selected Bibliography 197 Acknowledgments About the Author Other Books in the Eminent Lives Series Other Books by Bill Bryson Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher Chapter One In Search of William Shakespeare B ef or e he c a me in t o a lot of money in 1839, Rich ard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Gren ville, second Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, led a largely uneventful life. ![]()
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