Books by Christopher (Sidney Sussex College Page

The guitar is the most played instrument in the West. This book charts its success in England during the seventeenth century, a time of great political upheaval in England. It gathers a rich array of portraits, archival materials and literary works, and will interest guitar enthusiasts as well as music historians.

The guitar was played everywhere in the age of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare, from the royal court to the tavern. This groundbreaking book uses new literary and archival material, together with depictions in contemporary art, to explore the social and musical world of the instrument among courtiers, gentlemen and apprentices.