Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth“A book for anyone who loves Shakespeare . . . 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 It is perhaps the greatest story never told: the truth behind the most enduring works of literature in the English language, perhaps in any language. Who was William Shakespeare? Critically acclaimed historian Charles Beauclerk has spent more than two decades researching the authorship question, and if the plays were discovered today, he argues, we would see them for what they are—shocking political works written by a court insider, someone with the monarch’s indulgence, shielded from repression in an unstable time of armada and reformation. But the author’s identity was quickly swept under the rug after his death. The official history—of an uneducated merchant writing in near obscurity, and of a virginal queen married to her country—dominated for centuries. Shakespeare’s Lost Kingdom delves deep into the conflicts and personalities of Elizabethan England, as well as the plays themselves, to tell the true story of the “Soul of the Age.” “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 |
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User Review - WEBoyle - LibraryThingThis is the definitive book to read in the 21st century if you want to understand the importance of having the right author in place in order to understand what the author "Shake-speare" is actually writing about. Read full review
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User Review - PensiveCat - LibraryThingDefinitely intriguing. I suppose we'll never know the true identity of the Shakespeare works. Though Beauclerk puts a good case forward: someone with deeper access to the world of the Elizabethan ... Read full review
Contents
Prodigal | |
Loves Labours Lost 183 | |
Compassing the Crown 210 | |
Outcast King | |
Redeeming the Wasteland 298 | |
Family of the Rose 326 | |
Acknowledgments 389 | |
Illustration Credits 411 | |
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Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth Charles Beauclerk, Lord No preview available - 2015 |
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth Charles Beauclerk No preview available - 2011 |
Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth Charles Beauclerk No preview available - 2010 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom: The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth |
| Author | Charles Beauclerk |
| Publisher | Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0802197140, 9780802197146 |
| Length | 464 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Shakespeare |
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