Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic' introduces Shakespeare as a historian of ancient Rome alongside figures such as Sallust, Cicero, St Augustine, Machiavelli, Gibbon, Hegel and Nietzsche.

Ground-breaking essays comparing Shakespeare and Montaigne Introduces and explores a wide range of fresh approaches to comparative study of Shakespeare and Montaigne Illuminates connections, parallels, and discontinuities between the artistry of Shakespeare's plays and the complexity of Montaigne's thought Considers Shakespeare and Montaigne within the intellectual history of the Renaissance and the Reformation Reflects on Shakespeare and Montaigne as thinkers and innovators speaking to the present day, as well as their own more immediate historical moment Examines arguments for and against...