Angels & Ducats: Shakespeare's Money & Medals

by Barrie Cook

Full of intriguing facts and literary quotations, this fun, engaging and beautifully illustrated book explores the role of money and medals in Shakespeare's world and works. Deniers and ducats, groats and guilders, crowns and cruzados, the author reveals how coins and medals illustrate the personalities and events that shaped Shakespeare's world.
Through lively and informative text the reader will discover the role of money in Shakespeare's life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714118214
• ISBN13: 9780714118215
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 7.4"