Was there really such a man as William Shakespeare? And if not, who was the true Shakespeare? It's a question that has fascinated lovers of English for centuries. In Queen Elizabeth, Her Bard and Hamlet, the author presents the case for Torquato Tasso, Europe's leading playwright before the name "Shakespeare" first appeared on the scene. The book tells the story of how Queen Elizabeth hired Europe's leading playwright to turn several of Polydore Virgil's "Histories of the English Kings" books into plays like Richard III. An important clue to Shakespeare's identity can be found in the names of...
Was there really such a man as William Shakespeare? And if not, who was the true Shakespeare? It's a question that has fascinated lovers of English fo...
