Shakespeare by Another Name
Subtitle: A Biography of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Man Who Was Shakespeare
Publisher: Gotham
Published: August 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9781592401031
Subjects: Earl of,; Shakespeare; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Biography / Autobiography; 16th Century Literature - History And Criticism; English Literature (Specific Aspects); Literary; Biography & Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Early modern, 1500-1700; Family & Relationships / Parenting; Authors, English; Great Britain; Nobility; Oxford, Edward De Vere,; 1550-1604; Authorship; Biography
First sentence: ON APRIL 12, 1550, IN THE PRIVATE APARTMENTS OF A BRITISH stone-walled medieval fortress, a lord and lady welcomed their heir into the world.
Table of contents: title: The eye of childhood [1550-1562] -- Evermore in subjection [1562-1569] -- Treasons and vile instruments [1569-1572] -- For making a man [1573-1575] -- The fable of the world [1575-1578]  -- In brawl ridiculous [1577-1582] -- Fortune's dearest spite [1582-1585] -- To thy rudder tied by th' strings [1586 - 1589] Gentle Master William [1589-1593] -- The sharp razor of a willing conceit [1593-1598] -- Buried be [1598-1604] -- Epilogue [1604-1623] -- Appendix A : Edward de Vere's Geneva Bible and Shake-speare -- Appendix B : The Shake-speare apocrypha -- Appendix C : ``The 1604 Question''  -- Appendix D : The “Ashbourne Portrait'' of Shake-speare.