Book description
A battle-hardened soldier, Antony is one of the three leaders of the
Roman world. But he is also a man in the grip of an all-consuming
passion for the exotic and tempestuous queen of Egypt. And when their
life of pleasure together is threatened by the encroaching politics of
Rome, the conflict between love and duty has devastating consequences.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and
mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.
He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), a
collection of sonnets and a variety of other poems.
Stanley Wells is the General Editor of the Penguin Shakespeare. He
is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham and Chairman of
the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
Emrys Jones was formerly Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature
at the University of Oxford. His publications include Scenic Form in
Shakespeare, The Origins of Shakespeare, and The New Oxford Book of
Sixteenth-Century Verse.
Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London. He
has edited King Lear (Longman) and Henry IV Part 2 (Oxford) and is the
author of The Yellow Cross (Penguin). He is currently writing a
biography of Shakespeare for John Murray.
