Tales From Shakespeare

Description

Travel back to the Globe Theatre of Shakespeare's day as Marcia Williams brings fourteen of the Bard's best-loved plays to life. Discover why Romeo and Juliet's love affair was doomed, who murdered Hamlet's beloved father and how a man with a donkey's head captured the heart of the fairy queen. These brilliantly accessible retellings feature Shakespear's own dialogue and plenty of witty, colourful illustrations.

Author description

Marcia Williams has illustrated and retold many literary classics for children with her distinctive cartoon-strip style. Among her highly acclaimed titles are: Les Miserables (9781406353167), Greek Myths (9781406303476), Mr William Shakespeare's Plays (9780744569469), God and His Creations: Tales from the Old Testament (9781844285280) and Oliver Twist and Other Great Dickens Stories (9781406305630). She is also the author of Lizzy Bennet's Diary (9781406346947), the story of Pride and Prejudice in Lizzy Bennet's own words, and the bestselling Archie's War (9781406304275) and My Secret War Diary by Flossie Albright (9781406309409), diary-style accounts of the First and Second World Wars. Marcia lives in London, SW13.