Journal Entry 1 by Valpuri from Wakefield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Friday, September 14, 2007

From the back cover: 'Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Three centuries before this memorable phrase was coined by Lord Acton, Shakespeare had demonstrated its dramatic truth in Julius Caesar. To the events surrounding the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, Shakespeare introduces the dangerous themes of thwarted ambition, political reaction and crude demagoguery in a brilliant indietment of realpolitik. Although the play is a sharp comment on corrupted political motives, it contains some of Shakespeare's finest speeches, and remains as relevant today as in the seventeenth century. The text of this edition is taken from the Cambridge University Press New Shakespeare, edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and John Dover Wilson.
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I have kept this book in my bookself for many years, but never managed to actually read it. So I'll give this book another chance with another reader. Wishing safe travels to the book, and hoping that the next reader will enjoy! 

Journal Entry 2 by Valpuri from Wakefield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, September 17, 2007

I mailed the book today to starbrightxx, Happy Holidays!