Originally published in 1939, this book presents the content of the Leslie Stephen Lecture for that year, which was delivered by the renowned literary critic John Dover Wilson at Cambridge University.  Meer

Entertaining and informative, this 1956 anthology paints a vivid picture of the world in which Shakespeare lived. Using the playwright's life as the framework – his birth, his education, his move to London, his life in theatre, his death – the book uses selected extracts from key Elizabethan publications to embody the atmosphere of this period.  Meer

Originally published in 1961 on the occasion of John Dover Wilson's 80th birthday, this book contains a list of his published writings, beginning with his articles for the Manchester Guardian in the early 20th century and moving through to his 1961 edition of Coriolanus.  Meer

A professional military-intelligence officer and controversial insider's thrilling look at some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history.  Meer