REAs MAXnotes for William Shakespeares Antony and CleopatraThe MAXnotes offers a comprehensive summary and analysis of Antony and Cleopatra and a biography of William Shakespeare. Places the events of the play in historical context and discusses each act in detail. Includes study questions and answers along with topics for papers and sample outlines.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Hollywood Babylon for Medical Students!By MoondoGreat Book; Quite interesting in the way it points out all the amazing similarities between Syphilis and Aids; both viruses were spread through sexual contact; both had a terrible stigma attached to them that was so shameful victims tried to hide the cause of their deaths not only from family and friends but from the public in general ( e.g. Obituaries ). I highly recommend this book to anyone that wishes to learn about the possibly lethal results of unprotected sex! My only problem with this book is the conclusions it reaches slapping the label of Syphilis on artists with scant evidence.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Fascination story of syphilis and famous people who may have had the disease.By Joel AustinThe book is a well-written exploration of one of the most feared diseases in history. Most of the information about syphilis comes from case histories of famous people and how the disease might explain their lives. Its a wonderful detective story about a disease no one wanted to admit they had.6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Best Book on a Hidden DiseaseBy Thomas P. LowryI am a medical doctor and long-term student of VD in American history. Ms. Hayden has succeeded in a difficult task: writing convincingly about a medical subject when she is not a medical person. She enlisted help from the best of the best; such as my old professor Dr. Eugene Farber; and learned well from their teachings.Without retrospective blood tests; it is impossible to PROVE that a person before 1900 had syphilis; but the combined wisdom of generations of doctors can give us reasonable certainty; and this Ms. Hayden has given us.Some reviewer has asserted that Beethoven could not have had syphilis; because he wrote great music. (Perhaps logic and epistemology are no longer taught in our schools.)I give thumbs up to this book for breaking new ground in an informative and thoroughly researched way.