Charles Nicholl
Charles Nicholl has written history, biography and travel but brings all these disciplines together as a literary detective. Subjects have included Christopher Marlowe, Arthur Rimbaud and Leonardo da Vinci. His most recent book is The Lodger, an intimate study of Shakespeare s life in London in the first years of the 17th century. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a recipient of the Hawthornden prize and has won the James Tait Black prize for biography and the Crime Writers ...See more
Charles Nicholl has written history, biography and travel but brings all these disciplines together as a literary detective. Subjects have included Christopher Marlowe, Arthur Rimbaud and Leonardo da Vinci. His most recent book is The Lodger, an intimate study of Shakespeare s life in London in the first years of the 17th century. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a recipient of the Hawthornden prize and has won the James Tait Black prize for biography and the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger award. He has also presented documentary programmes on television and has lectured in Britain, Italy and the United States. He lives in Lucchesia in Italy with his wife and children and is a visiting Professor at Sussex University. See less
Charles Nicholl's Featured Books
Charles Nicholl book reviews
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The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street
Amazing Recreation of an Ephemeral Playwright
I am always in awe of historians who can pick out significance from seemingly meaningless historical detail...that is, separate the wheat from the chaff. Mr. Nicholl has done that. Shakespeare is ... Read More
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The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street
Interesting and alternative view
I have long been interested in anything remotely Shakespearean and came across this book in my local library, I enjoyed it so much I bought it. The book describes one of the areas in which ... Read More
