Random House, September 2006

Electrifying. A spectacular book. —Cynthia Ozick

…a thrilling personal confrontation…The Shakespeare Wars comes to us in waves of new revelations —Billy Collins, former U.S. poet laureate

Acclaimed journalist Ron Rosenbaum wrestles with the weightiest issues of Shakespeare studies in a down-to-earth manner that readers will applaud. —Publisher’s Weekly

Cultural journalism of the highest order. —Kirkus Reviews

Timely not least for the economy and clarity with which he outlines the casus belli…with Rosenbaum’s dispatches we now have a better sense of what the fuss is about. —John Sutherland, The Financial Times

A remarkable journey by one of the most original journalists and writers of our time. —David Remnick A work of importance and fascination. —George Steiner, the [U.K.] Observer A provacative work of cultural history that is as compelling as it is thoughtful, as readable as it is smart..Mr. Rosenbaum has made an important contribution to our understanding not just of Hitler, but of the cultural processes by which we try to come to terms with history as well… He has written an exciting, lucid book. —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Intriguing, thought provoking and intelligent. —Ian Kershaw in The Guardian [U.k.] Brilliant…restlessly probing and deeply intelligent. —Lance Morrow, Time In Explaining Hitler, profound historical questions spring urgently and hauntingly to life. —Sam Tanenhaus Cultural criticism served up as riveting narrative history —Marc Fisher The Washington Post

Ron Rosenbaum is one of the great masters of the metaphysical detective story, a nonfiction writer in the spirit of Borges, Nabokov and Poe. —Errol Morris (director of The Fog of War) Few journalists inspire the kind of cult following that Rosenbaum has —Scott McLemee Newsday I plan on hanging Ron Rosenbaum’s ‘marriage proposal’ [column] in a prominent place. Should my husband begin to take me for granted, he will be reminded that I am not without options. —Rosanne Cash You made me look like a f_____g lunatic. —Oliver Stone ALSO AVAILABLE (an anthology of others’ work): Those Who Forget the Past: The Question of Anti-Semitism Bi-weekly Spectator columnist at Slate