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O N The Very First Page Of Peter Ackroyd’s Biography, You
learn something strange and interesting about the first few moments of Shakespeare’s life: ‘A small portion of butter and honey was usually placed in the baby’s mouth. It was......
The Everlasting Guessing Game
Sam Leith S HAKESPEARE : T HE B IOGRAPHY by Peter Ackroyd Chatto, £25, pp. 560, ISBN 1856197263 ✆ £20 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 800 6655 SHADOWPLAY: T HE H IDDEN B ELIEFS AND C ODED......
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