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Title: crisp, easy read
Review: A lot of books about Shakespeare are written by people who wish they were the bard and they shower you with heaps of unnecessary verbiage. The great thing about this book is that it is written by a laywer, Bertam Fields, who succinctly tells you everything we actually know about Shakespeare, offers you the various theories about who really may have written the plays and finally serves up his own conclusions. The author doesn't try to jam any particular viewpoint down your throat. He's great! There are probably some inaccuracies and flaws in this book that "Shakespeare-is-the-Straford-man" proponents are going to pounce upon, but I would argue that it's impossible for anyone to write a biography that doesn't get a few facts wrong, so give Bertram a break. If you haven't read a biography on Shakespeare this is a good place to start!
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