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Name: Shakespeare by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare
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Author: Anderson, Mark
ISBN: 9781592402151

by Mark Anderson; Foreword by Derek Jacobi

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The debate over the true author of Shakespeare's body of work (some of which was published under the name 'Shake-speare') began not long after the death of William Shakespeare, the obscure actor and entrepreneur from Stratford-upon-Avon who was conventionally assumed to be the author. There were natural doubts that an uneducated son of a glover who never left England and apparently owned no books could have produced some of the greatest works of Western literature. Early investigators into the mystery argued for such eminent figures as Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon as possible authors, but recent scholarship has turned to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, as the true Shakespeare.'Shakespeare' by Another Name is the first complete literary biography of Edward de Vere that tells the story of his action-packed life as student, soldier, courtier, lawyer, political intriguer, sophisticate, traveler, and, above all, writer finding in it the background material for all of Shakespeare's plays. Anderson brings to bear a wealth of new evidence, most notably de Vere's personal copy of the Bible (recently analyzed to show the correlation between his underlinings and the biblical allusions in Shakespeare's work) and has employed it all to at last give a complete portrait and background to the man who was 'Shakespeare.'

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This is the first complete literary biography of Edward de Vere that tells the story of his action-packed life - as student, soldier, lawyer, sophisticate, courtier, traveller and writer - finding in it uncanny similarities to situations and characters found in Shakespeare's plays.

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Title Shakespeare by Another Name: The Life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare
Author Mark Anderson; Foreword by Derek Jacobi
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Pages 598
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Gotham Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Publication date August 3, 2006
ISBN 9781592402151 / 1592402151
Weight 1.69 lbs (0.77 kg)
Dimensions 9.22 x 6.18 x 1.74 in (23.42 x 15.70 x 4.42 cm)
Age range 14 to UP years
Grade levels 9 - UP
Category Biography / Autobiography
Dewey Decimal Code B

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