Books for Adults
  • Kraft gift box containing three books about Shakespeare and his work; Shakespeare for Grown-ups, This is Shakespeare by Emma Smith, and Shakespeare by Bill Bryson, and a large format bookmark.

    Book Boxes

  • Navy blue paperback book with white graphic text and eye graphic

    Historical Fiction

  • Hardback copy of William Shakespeare's Star Wars. The officially licensed retelling of George Lucas' epic Star Wars in the style of William Shakespeare.

    Shakespeare Reimagined

  • Paperback edition of Shakespeare by Bill Bryson

    Shakespeare's World

  • Paperback copy of Queer Shakespeare: Desire & Sexuality. Edited by Goran Stanivukovic

    Shakespeare in Theory

  • Cream coloured backing with pencil drawing of man wearing beige clothing and mask on wooden stage

    Cambridge University Press Publications

Hardback copy of 'A History of Magic, Witchcraft & the Occult' by Susie Riddell
Hardback copy of 'A History of Magic, Witchcraft & the Occult' by Susie Riddell
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The History of Magic Witchcraft & The Occult
£20.00
Paperback copy of 'This Isle is Full of Monsters: Shakespeare's Audiences and the Supernatural' by Jon Kaneko-James
Paperback copy of 'This Isle is Full of Monsters: Shakespeare's Audiences and the Supernatural' by Jon Kaneko-James
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This Isle is Full of Monsters: Shakespeare's Audiences and the Supernatural
£10.00
Hardback book with a black cover printed with a gold and red rose.
Hardback book with a black cover printed with a gold and red rose.
Add Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid to the cart
Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid
£12.00
Paperback book with a turquoise cover and a blue image of a Medieval man holding a lantern
Paperback book with a turquoise cover and a blue image of a Medieval man holding a lantern
Add Made for Murders: A Collection of Twelve Shakespearean Mysteries by Peter Tremayne to the cart
Made for Murders: A Collection of Twelve Shakespearean Mysteries by Peter Tremayne
£12.99
Hardback copy of 'The Sixteenth Century in 100 Women' by Amy License
Hardback copy of 'The Sixteenth Century in 100 Women' by Amy License
Add The Sixteenth Century in 100 Women by Amy License to the cart
The Sixteenth Century in 100 Women by Amy License
£25.00
Red paperback book with gold and white graphic imagery and white text
Red paperback book with gold and white graphic imagery and white text
Add Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler to the cart
Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler
£9.99
Add The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare & Race to the cart
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare & Race
£22.99
Royal blue paperback book with white and yellow text and image of colourfully dressed renaissance woman
Royal blue paperback book with white and yellow text and image of colourfully dressed renaissance woman, book at an angle
Add How to be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity by Jill Burke to the cart
How to be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty & Female Creativity by Jill Burke
£11.99
book with a blue cover featuring illustrated images of women in costume
Add She Speaks!: What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said by Harriet Walter to the cart
She Speaks!: What Shakespeare's Women Might Have Said by Harriet Walter
£20.00
Add English Food: A People's history by Diane Purkiss to the cart
English Food: A People's history by Diane Purkiss
£12.99
Small hardback book with an image of fangs on the cover
Small hardback book with an image of fangs on the cover
Add Classic Horror Stories to the cart
Classic Horror Stories
£10.99
Hardback book with printed festive greenery and berries graphic all over, with white text box and green and red text
Hardback book with printed festive greenery and berries graphic all over, with white text box and green and red text, with red spine visible
Add Shakespeare's Christmas: The Festive Season in Early Modern England to the cart
Shakespeare's Christmas: The Festive Season in Early Modern England
£12.99
Paperback book with a white cover featuring an image of a golden orb
Paperback book with a white cover featuring an image of a golden orb
Add Unruly: A History of England's Kings & Queens by David Mitchell to the cart
Unruly: A History of England's Kings & Queens by David Mitchell
£10.99
Black hardback book with red, green and gold wintery motif and gold writing
Black hardback book with red, green and gold wintery motif and gold writing
Add The Dead of Winter: The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas by Sarah Clegg to the cart
The Dead of Winter: The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas by Sarah Clegg
£14.99
Off white paperback book with stylised poison bottle image on front cover and black text
Off white paperback book with stylised poison bottle image on front cover and black text
Add Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners to the cart
Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners
£10.99
Paperback book with a red and yellow cover sitting on a wooden stage
Paperback book with a red and yellow cover sitting on a wooden stage
Add All's Well by Mona Awad to the cart
All's Well by Mona Awad
£9.99
Paperback book with a white cover featuring an image of a golden orb
Hardback book with a blue and yellow cover featuring an illustration of a bottle
Add Mead: The Libations, Legends, and Lore of History's Oldest Drink by Fred Minnick to the cart
Mead: The Libations, Legends, and Lore of History's Oldest Drink by Fred Minnick
£20.00
Black paperback book with gold and white text, with witches on broomstick
Black paperback book with gold and white text, with witches on broomstick
Add The Book of Witches edited by Jonathan Strahan & interior illustrations by Alyssa Winans to the cart
The Book of Witches edited by Jonathan Strahan & interior illustrations by Alyssa Winans
£9.99
Add Shakespeare, Blackface & Race to the cart
Shakespeare, Blackface & Race
£15.00

Shakespeare Books for Adults

Books about Shakespeare's life & times, novelty books and graphic novels, books about teaching Shakespeare and theatre history.