Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading

Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading
Dustin Bass
Jeff Minick
Barbara Danza
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This week’s selections offer readers a hilarious tale of mistaken identity, and an award-winning volume of history detailing the horrors of World War I.

Classics

The Funny Side of Shakespeare

‘A Comedy of Errors’ By William Shakespeare

Often, Shakespeare is remembered primarily, if not solely, for his serious works, such as “Macbeth” and “Hamlet.” But “A Comedy of Errors” is a play about two sets of identical twins who get switched. Hilarious gaffes and dialogue make this slapstick at its best.

Dustin Bass is the creator and host of the American Tales podcast, and co-founder of The Sons of History. He writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History. He is also an author.
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