Nicholas De Somogyi

Shakespeare's Theatre of War

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The period between 1585 (when Elizabeth formally committed her military support to the Dutch wars against Spain) and 1604 (when James at last brought it to an end) was one in which English life was preoccupied by the menace and actuality of war.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781138272040
• ISBN-10: 1138272043
• Artikelnr.: 57056214

Autorenporträt

Nicholas de Somogyi is a freelance writer and researcher. He is a genealogist at the College of Arms in London and a teacher at the Education department of Shakespeare's Globe. He also worked on the editing of the Globe Quartos series.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Casualties of War: 'Her privates we'
'Now art thou my lieutenant'
'You a captain?'
The Art of War: Matters mathematical
Model soldiers
Theatre of War: Playing at soldiers
War games
Rumours of War: True reports
Old soldiers
Ghosts of War: Soldiering on
Airborne troops
The Question of These Wars: 'Implements of war'
'Is there no offence in't?'
Unearthing skulls
Bibliography
Index.