Death by Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts

by Kathryn Harkup

Book Overview

An in-depth look at the science behind the creative methods Shakespeare used to kill off his characters.

In Death By Shakespeare, Kathryn Harkup, best-selling author of A is for Arsenic and expert on the more gruesome side of science, turns her expertise to William Shakespeare and the creative methods he used to kill off his characters. Is death by snakebite really as serene as Cleopatra made it seem? How did Juliet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472958225
• ISBN13: 9781472958228
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury SIGMA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.8"