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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Love's Labours's Lost
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(c.1595)
The most fantastical of *Shakespeare's comedies. The courtly lovers (the king of Navarre and the princess of France) engage in high-flown literary conceits; minor but more memorable characters include Armado (a ludicrous Spaniard) and Holofernes (a pedantic schoolmaster).
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