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The Great Shakespeare Hoax: After Unmasking the Fraudulent Pretender, Search for the True Genius Begins

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The Great Shakespeare Hoax: After Unmasking the Fraudulent Pretender, Search for the True Genius Begins - Altrocchi, Paul Hemenway, and Whittemore, Hank
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How could William Shaksper of Stratford, who was illiterate, be the author of plays that have dazzled the world for centuries? Answer: he wasn't. His authorship is a remarkably successful hoax. It was not until 1920 that J. Thomas Looney plucked Edward de Vere out of historical obscurity and introduced him as the real Shakespeare. In the next fifty years, powerful articles and books validated his authorship claim but much of this evidence has been neglected. The first five volumes of this book series salvage this early ...

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The Great Shakespeare Hoax: After Unmasking the Fraudulent Pretender, Search for the True Genius Begins 2009, iUniverse, Bloomington IN

ISBN-13: 9781440123818

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The Great Shakespeare Hoax: After Unmasking the Fraudulent Pretender, Search for the True Genius Begins 2009, iUniverse, Bloomington IN

ISBN-13: 9781440123832

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