About the Author

JULIAN FELLOWES is an English actor, novelist, film director and screenwriter. He most recently earned the Emmy and Golden Globe for creating and writing the acclaimed miniseries, "Downton Abbey," and also won the Original Screenplay Academy Award for "Gosford Park."
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) is recognized as one of the greatest writers of all time, known for works like "Hamlet," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Romeo and Juliet," "Othello," "The Tempest," among many others.

Reviews

"We can more easily decide between Shakespear and any other author, than between him and himself. Shall we quote any more passages to shew his genius or the beauty of Romeo and Juliet? At that rate, we might quote the whole."