1603: The Death of Queen Elizabeth I, the Return of the Black Plague, the Rise of Shakespeare, Piracy, Witchcraft, and...
- ISBN-10
- 0312321392
- ISBN-13
- 9780312321390
- Category
- History / Europe / Great Britain / General
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Christopher Lee
Description
Documents the pivotal events of 1603 in England, including the passage of the monarchy from the Tudors to the Stuarts, the completion of Othello, and the deaths of some forty thousand victims of the Black Death plague, in a volume that considers how the year's events dramatically shaped the nation's future. 17,500 first printing.
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