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Shakespeare's family

C. C. Stopes

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 300 pages

A historical-genealogical study of William Shakespeare's ancestors and descendants, with an account of the Arden family of Warwickshire. The author traces parish records, baptisms, marriages and burials to illuminate the poet's origins and local context. Worth listening for those interested in Shakespeare and county history.

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SHAKESPEARE'S FAMILY

William Shakespeare from the Drocshout painting now in the Sha

Gallery at Stratford-on-Avon.

William Shakespeare from the Drocshout painting now in the Sha

Gallery at Stratford-on-Avon.

SHAKESPEARE'S FAMILY

BEING

A Record of the Ancestors and Descendants of

William Shakespeare

WITH

SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ARDENS

BY

MRS. C. C. STOPES

Author of

"The Bacon-Shakespeare Question Answered," "Shakespeare's

Warwickshire Contemporaries," "British Freewomen," Etc.

LONDON

ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

NEW YORK

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Contents

  1. SHAKESPEARE'S FAMILY
  2. SHAKESPEARE'S FAMILY

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