The question of who wrote Shakespeare’s plays has been the subject of furious debate among scholars for over 150 years. Everything known about the facts of William Shakespeare’s life seems incompatible with the extraordinary genius of his writing. How could a man who left school at the age of 13, and apparently never travelled abroad have authored the incomparable Sonnets or so intricately described Renaissance Venice? Shakespeare ‘candidates’ abound, among them Sir Francis Bacon, The Earl of Oxford, even Queen Elizabeth I herself, but none have stood up to serious scrutiny. Until now…. This remarkable, intriguing, and provocative book offers a completely plausible new candidate; Sir Henry Neville.
Who wrote the works of William Shakespeare? This is the question at the heart of the Shakespeare Authorship debate, and one that has been hotly debated by scholars and enthusiasts for over 150 years. This book introduces an answer to one of the longest-standing enigmas in literary history.
Publisher
Longman
Publication Date
Oct 2006
ISBN
9781405840866
Pages
404 p.
Item Type
Book
Format
Paperback
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