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Contested Will by James Shapiro

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Summary

For two hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays.

Since then dozens of rival candidates - including The Earl of Oxford, Sir Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe - have been proposed as their true author.

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Contested Will by James Shapiro

For two hundred years after William Shakespeare's death, no one thought to argue that somebody else had written his plays. Since then dozens of rival candidates - including The Earl of Oxford, Sir Francis Bacon and Christopher Marlowe - have been proposed as their true author.

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Professor James Shapiro, who teaches at Columbia University in New York, is the author of Rival Playwrights, Shakespeare and the Jews, and Oberammergau: The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play. 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare won the BBC FOUR Samuel Johnson Prize in 2006.
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ISBN 13 9780571235773
ISBN 10 0571235778
Title Contested Will
Author James Shapiro
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2011-01-06
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.