Shakespeare: The Most Famous Man in London
by Tony Thompson

Cover of Shakespeare

Young,handsome and talented, actor and playwright Will Shakespeare’s plays are packing them in The Globe. He is without a doubt the most famous man in London.

But Will is more than a celebrity.

He is a skilled swordsman who carries two daggers with him at all times. His friend, Christopher Marlowe, has been murdered and Will knows he will have to be smart to avoid the same fate.

But being smart comes naturally to William Shakespeare— and he is about to make it bigger than he ever dreamed possible.


  • Young adult non-fiction
  • paperback 192pp
  • ISBN 978 1 74203 0708
  • World ex ANZ rights available

Reviews

The author adopts quite a chatty tone as she very successfully 'makes history come alive' and takes readers through the eight centuries of social, political, and cultural world history haunted by the terrors of The Plague, The Death, The Pestilence. Comprehensively researched historical information is interspersed with some gripping 'Imagine you are there' segments: diary entries and letters written by fictional characters who are about fourteen.
— Elspeth Cameron, Reading Time

Be sure to have a look at this book. You‘ll never think of Shakespeare in the same way again.
— http://readingnow.wordpress.com

an engaged and energised account of Shakespeare and the world in which he lived.
— Steve, MWF blog

One can really sense the passion that Tony Thompson has for this literary firgure.
— Viewpoint

A good book that I found to be quite interesting.
— Megan, 12 The Tasmanian Examiner

This text offers excellent insights into medieval society as well as human nature in general and would be certain to spark lively classroom discussions about medieval European life for high school students learning about this period of history.
— Susan Whelan, Suite101


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