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Emma Smith


Emma Smith was born and brought up in Leeds, went unexpectedly to university in Oxford, and never really left. She is now Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College and the author of the Sunday Times bestseller This is Shakespeare. She enjoys silent films, birdwatching, and fast cars.

Books by Emma Smith

Portable Magic

An excitingly revisionist history of bibliophilia, from the celebrated author of This is Shakespeare

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This Is Shakespeare

A revelatory new look at Shakespeare, from 'one of the stars of her generation of Shakespeare scholars' Eric Rasmussen

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