Thank you to Hachette for the gifted copy of In Shakespeare's Shadow!  All opinions in this review are my own.

I was intrigued by the premise of this book, but overall, the execution fell short.  I read 175 pages before DNFing.  I realized I was skimming more than reading and to be honest, I didn't care about the outcome.  Some of the tangents were fascinating, but I often found I had to remind myself the point the author was trying to make.  I'm just happy we have the plays that survived.