A Second Journal. Being a Record of Those Things Most Talked of During the Years 1595-1598

London/U.S.A.: Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, 1974. Hardback. A Second Elizabethan Journal. Slight foxing to edge. Slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Previously published in one volume and out of print for some ten years, these fascinating 'Elizabethan Journals' are now reissued in three volumes. The journals are a record of 'those things most talked of during the years 1591-1603' and offer a rare panorama of one of the most colourful periods in history - England at the ednd of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. A Second Elizabethan Journal covers the period 1595-1598. Written in the form of a daily journal, and compiled from contemporary sources, this account of Elizabethan life is a rich storehouse of information on, and insights into, a remarkable era. It recreates a feeling of life as it was in the dyas of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, and provides a background which makes more vivid a reading of Elizabethan literature and particularly of Sheakespeare's plays. 402 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.