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FIRST ANCHOR BOOKS EDITION, NOVEMBER 2006
Copyright © 2005 by Peter Ackroyd
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Ackroyd, Peter, 1949–
Shakespeare: the biography / Peter Ackroyd. —1st ed.
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Originally published: Great Britain: Chatto & Windus, 2005.
1. Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616. 2. Dramatists, English—
Early modern, 1500–1700—Biography. I. Title.
PR2894.A26 2005
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