Research Catalog

Title

The truth will out : unmasking the real Shakespeare / Brenda James and William D. Rubinstein.

Author

James, Brenda, 1944-

Publication

Harlow, England ; New York : Longman/Pearson Education, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Rubinstein, W. D.

Description

xxiv, 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

• "As part of a routine research project, Brenda James applied a 16th-century code-breaking technique to the Dedication to Shakespeare's Sonnets. What she discovered will stun the literary world." "James's work on the Dedication had revealed the name of a prominent Elizabethan courtier. Following this trail, her research led her to a county public records office where she came across a notebook containing background notes for, and early directions towards, the coronation scene in Shakespeare's Henry VIII, a play that was not to be staged until 11 years after the notebook had been written." "As her investigations continued, the evidence mounted, and her finished work reveals that the owner of the notebook, an erudite diplomat and courtier who was Ambassador to France during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, was indeed the true author of the works of Shakespeare."
• "The fascinating story of this man's life, his relationship with the actor from Stratford, the reasons for his secrecy, and the evidence for his authorship - all are revealed in the pages of The Truth Will Out."--Jacket.

Subject

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Authorship
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Authorship
• Auteurschap
• Identiteit

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. The Shakespeare authorship question -- Ch. 2. The real Shakespeare -- Ch. 3. The Neville heritage -- Ch. 4. Becoming William Shakespeare, 1582-94 -- Ch. 5. The road to the top, 1595-99 -- Ch. 6. Ambassador to France, 1599-1600 -- Ch. 7. The catastrophe, 1601-03 -- Ch. 8. Freedom and disappointment, 1603-08 -- Ch. 9. Towards closure : the last plays, the sonnets and the parliamentary 'undertaker', 1609-15 -- Ch. 10. Life after death : the first folio and the apotheosis of Shakespeare -- Ch. 11. Documentary evidence : analyses and Shakespearean parallels -- App. 1. Commendatory verses and the three suns -- App. 2. Sir Henry Neville and the Essex rebellion -- App. 3. Sir Henry Neville's voyage to France, and its double -- App. 4. A review of Shakespeare and the Founders of Liberty in America -- App. 5. Genealogical notes -- App. 6. The chronology of Shakespeare's works.

ISBN

• 1405824379
• 9781405824378

LCCN

• 2005044979
• 9781405824378

OCLC

• ocm61176946
• 61176946
• SCSB-14697801

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library