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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.
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.
Understanding the Invisible Shakespeare represents Brenda James'
third book on Sir Henry Neville. Her new research has led to
further evidence for his authorship and delves into the world of
the Neville Knights and their societies. This book includes
newly-presented letters from Sir Henry while imprisoned in the
Tower of London, a detailed and daring Political Treatise by Sir
Henry Neville and analyses both its vocabulary and sentiments,
demonstrating how they are parallel to those found in the
Shakespeare works. Another feature is an extended analysis of
Sonnet 121 contributed by a prominent attorney. He tellingly
concludes that when its text is subjected to a series of recognised
analytical techniques employed in legal circles, then its author
can only be someone bearing the name NEVILLE. When all this, and
more, appears alongside the sleuthing of more tantalising clues in
the plays themselves then this becomes a 'must have' book for all
authorship detectives.
Sir Henry Neville - the true author of Shakespeare's works - the
discovery that created a sensation in the literary world.
Shakespeare historian, Brenda James, always felt that the
dedication to the sonnets may have contained a code - but for what
purpose? How could it be cracked? When her research led to a
little-known code breaking technique, she did not suspect that this
would reveal a 400 year old secret - the name of the real author.
This book outlines James' investigation and previously unpublished
material: code breaking, the discovery of forgotten documents and
years of detailed research and analysis. Her journey unravels the
mysteries behind the sonnets and explains some of the most obscure
references in the plays. Find out why Sir Henry's authorship
remained undiscovered for almost four centuries.
For more than 150 years, academics have questioned how William
Shakespeare of Stratford--a man with limited schooling who
apparently never traveled abroad--wrote such a rich body of work
said to draw on the largest vocabulary of any writer in the English
language. Motivated by scholarship, Shakespeare historian Brenda
James set out to uncover the truth behind literature's greatest
mystery.
"The Truth Will Out" is the culmination of James's search, a
book five years in the making that details the intensive research,
painstaking deciphering, and remarkable historical detection into
the true identity of William Shakespeare. Coauthors James and
respected history professor William D. Rubinstein explore these
monumental findings and demonstrate how studying the dedication to
Shakespeare's sonnets led them to the real author behind the
English language's most enduring works. Offering eye-opening and
definitive evidence, this groundbreaking work points to Sir Henry
Neville, a prominent Elizabethan diplomat and member of Parliament,
whose position in society forced him to allow an actor to take
credit for his literary genius. Captivating, elucidating, and
certain to provoke lively debate, "The Truth Will Out" is a
revelatory exploration of two men and their time that will forever
change the landscape of Shakespearean scholarship.
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