Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth
(Sprache: Englisch)
Shakespeare comes to life in this fascinating and provocative history of the Bard, The Virgin Queen, and the secrets at the heart of the Elizabethan age. By an acclaimed historian and descendant of Edward de Vere, this is sure to spark interest with the release of ANONYMOUS.
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Shakespeare comes to life in this fascinating and provocative history of the Bard, The Virgin Queen, and the secrets at the heart of the Elizabethan age. By an acclaimed historian and descendant of Edward de Vere, this is sure to spark interest with the release of ANONYMOUS.
Autoren-Porträt von Charles Beauclerk
Charles Beauclerk is a writer, lecturer, and historian. A descendant of Edward de Vere, he is the founder of the De Vere Society, former president of the Shakespeare Oxford Society, and trustee of the Shakespeare Authorship Trust. He is also the author of Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Charles Beauclerk
- 2011, 440 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 22,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: GROVE/ATLANTIC INC
- ISBN-10: 0802145388
- ISBN-13: 9780802145383
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Englisch
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Praise for "Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom" "An intriguing book that proposes another forceful argument in this age old debate. Beauclerk's detailed exploration divides the mythical notions from the historical truths. You will have a hard time putting this book down." --Roland Emmerich "Beauclerk's learned, deep scholarship, compelling research, engaging style and convincing interpretation won me completely. He has made me view the whole Elizabethan world afresh. The plays glow with new life, exciting and real, infused with the soul of a man too long denied his inheritance." --Sir Derek Jacobi "This is a book for anyone who loves Shakespeare. No matter who you think may have created the works of Shakespeare, the Earl of Oxford's mysterious life, and that of his Queen, must be near the heart and source of the creation. Three cheers for Mr. Beauclerk's daring to explore one of the most scandalous and potentially revolutionary theories about the authorship of these immortal works."--Mark Rylance, First Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre "An extraordinary and controversial interpretation of Shakespeare's origins, which certainly provokes much thought. A radical analysis of Shakespeare's text, leading to a conclusion which is bound to amaze the reader and the scholar. Who was Shakespeare?" --Steven Berkoff "Captivating . . . Beauclerk writes persuasively, mixing history with quotes from Shakespeare's works in a style that's far from the overly-academic manner you might expect for such a detailed literary and historical analysis. As the pieces of his theory come together, even the most ardent adherent to "Stratfordian mythology" (that a lowly son of a glove-maker from Stratford-upon-Avon was Shakespeare) may find themselves having second thoughts. Why does it matter if de Vere wrote the plays and poems? If so, it would provide a whole second level of meaning to them. All those characters with double identities form de Vere's au
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