CHARLOTTE  LYNE  SHAKESPEARE  IN  60  MINUTES    

What  you  will  and  as  you  like  it  –    

It’s  Shakespeare  Time!  

 Solid,  knowledgeable  and  surprising  –  a  very  readable  introduction  to  Shakespeare’s  life,  works  and  importance.      Shakespeare  is  the  dramatist  whose  works  are  most  frequently  performed.  No  other  author  is  quoted  as  frequently  –  often  without  our  being  aware  of  it.       Charlotte   Lyne’s   extremely   entertaining   book   traces   the   “secret”   of   this   brilliant   man,  whose   works   are   devoted   to   investigating   the   central   questions   of   human   existence:   love,  jealousy,  revenge,  intrigue,  deceit  and  self-­‐doubt.  His  characters  long  ago  left  the  stage  behind  them   and   wander   through   the   world,   through   our   hearts   and   minds:   Romeo   and   Juliet,  Hamlet,  Othello,  Lady  Macbeth,  King  Lear,  sweet  Ophelia  and  shrewish  Kate.     Although  it’s  only  a  little  book  –  it  shows  Shakespeare  in  all  his  breadth  and  topicality.      ! An  invitation  to  a  little  walk  with  the  greatest  writer  of  all  time.    Charlotte  Lyne  (born  1965  in  Berlin),  studied  German,  Latin  and  Italian  literature  in  Naples  and  Berlin,  and  also  English  in  Berlin  and  London.  A  translator,  editor  and  author,  she  lives  in  Lon-­‐don.  She  specialises  in  English  culture  and  literature,  as  can  be  seen  from  her  successful  histo-­‐rical  novels.      ! World  Rights. ! Hardcover:  Thiele  Verlag  2014  (112  pages).