The Man Shakespeare

A leading historian probes into Shakespeare's background and creative genius in an attempt to create a portrait of the Elizabethan

Shakespeare is as rich a view of the man behind the scenes as history will allow.

The debate over the true author of the Shakespeare canon has raged for centuries. Astonishingly little evidence supports the traditional belief that Will Shakespeare, the actor and businessman from Stratford-upon-Avon, was the author. Legendary figures such as Mark Twain, Walt Whitman and Sigmund Freud have all expressed grave doubts that an uneducated man who apparently owned no books and never left England wrote plays and poems that consistently reflect a learned and well-traveled insider's perspective on royal courts and the ancient feudal nobility. Recent scholarship has turned to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford-an Elizabethan court playwright known to have written in secret and who had ample means, motive and opportunity to in fact have assumed the "Shakespeare" disguise. "Shakespeare" by Another Name is the literary biography of Edward de Vere as "Shakespeare." This groundbreaking book tells the story of de Vere's action-packed life-as Renaissance man, spendthrift, courtier, wit, student, scoundrel, patron, military adventurer, and, above all, prolific ghostwriter-finding in it the background material for all of The Bard's works. Biographer Mark Anderson incorporates a wealth of new evidence, including de Vere's personal copy of the Bible (in which de Vere underlines scores of passages that are also prominent Shakespearean biblical references).

Reproduction of the original: The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Liffe Story by Frank Harris

“The Man, Shakespeare - And his Tragic Life Story” is a 1909 work by Frank Harris that explores the character of Shakespeare by analysing that of his most notable characters. This fascinating volume offers a unique insight into the world-famous playwright, constituting a must-read for fans of Shakespeare's timeless work. Contents include: “Hamlet: Romeo—Jaques”, “Hamlet—Macbeth”, “Duke Vincentio—Posthumous”, “Shakespeare's Men Of Action: The Bastard, Arthur, And King Richard II”, “Shakespeare's Men Of Action (continued) Hot-Spur, Henry V., Richard III”, “Shakespeare's Men Of Action (Concluded): King Henry VI And Richard III”, “Shakespeare As Lyric Poet: “Twelfth Night”, etc. Frank Harris (1855–1931) was an Irish-American novelist, editor, journalist, publisher, and short story writer who had acquaintances with many famous people of his day. Other notable works by this author include: “Confessional” (1930), “The Yellow Ticket And Other Stories” (1914), and “Contemporary Portraits” (1915–1923). This classic work is being republished now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with an introductory biography of the author.