G. B. HARRISON - An Elizabethan Journal. Being a Record of Those Things Most Talked of During the Years 1591-1594

London England, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. Reprint, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0710078811 Hardback Hardback. An Elizabethan Journal. Slight foxing to top edge. Previously published in one volume and out of print for some ten yearsa, these fascinating 'Elizabethan Journals' are now reissued in three volumes. The journals are a record of 'those things most talked of during the years 1591-1603' and offer a rare panorama of one of the most colourful periods in history - England at the end of the regin of Queen Elizabeth I. Written in the form of a daily journal, and compiled from contemporary sources, this account of Elizabethan life is a rich storehouse of information on, and insights into, a remarkable era. It recreates a feeling of life as it was in the days of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and provides a background which makes more vivid a reading of Elizabethan literature and particularly of Shakespeare's plays. 416 pp.