Shakespeare's face: Is This The Face Of A Genius?
Arts and entertainment, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Summary
The follow-up to Globe and Mail reporter Stephanie Nolen's startling front-page revelation on May 11, 2001, that a 1603 portrait believed to be of William Shakespeare - possibly the only existing image of the playwright painted from life - had… turned up in the possession of a Canadian family who had owned it for 12 generations. The book details the story of how the painting, known as the Sanders portrait, came to reside in the home of a retired engineer in a mid-sized Ontario town. It also includes essays from many Shakespearean experts on the authenticity of the painting. 2002.