Much Ado About Numbers

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In this fascinating new take on the world of Shakespeare, find out how Tudors multiplied, why Shakespeare never ended a line with the word Orange, why King Lear was every inch a king, and why early drafts of the plays could possibly have been written with a pencil.

Shakespeare's world was one in which one might expect to travel no more than a league in an hour, and fathoms and furlongs were as much a part of the language as feet and yards. It was hard to conceive of anything shorter than a minute and the rainbow probably had just five colours.

With historical asides about games, optics, astronomy and music thrown in, you might never think about maths or Shakespeare the same way again.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781805460299
Published: April 2025

Number of pages: 224
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 18 mm

Publisher: Atlantic Books