In Shakespeare's Shadow A Rogue Scholar's Quest to Reveal the True Source Behind the World's Greatest Plays

What if Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare . . . but someone else wrote him first? Acclaimed author of The Map Thief, Michael Blanding presents the twinning narratives of renegade scholar Dennis McCarthy and Elizabethan courtier Sir Thomas North. Unlike those who believe someone else secretly wrote Shakespeare, McCarthy argues that Shakespeare wrote the plays, but he adapted them from source plays written by North decades before.In Shakespeare's Shadow alternates between the enigmatic life of North, the intrigues of the Tudor court, the rivalries of English Renaissance theater, and academic outsider McCarthy's attempts to air his provocative ideas in the clubby world of Shakespearean scholarship. Through it all, Blanding employs his keen journalistic eye to craft a captivating drama, upending our understanding of the beloved playwright and his "singular genius."Winner of the 2021 International Book Award in Narrative Non-Fiction

ISBN:	9780316493277
Publisher:	Little, Brown
Imprint:	Hachette Books
Published date:	16 Jun 2022
DEWEY:	822.33
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	496
Weight:	424g
Height:	138mm
Width:	209mm
Spine width:	36mm

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