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The Shakespeare Puzzle: A Non-esoteric Baconian Theory
The Shakespeare Puzzle A Nonesoteric Baconian Theory Author:Barry R. Clarke Daily Telegraph (UK) columnist and Mensa logic puzzle compiler turns his puzzle solving skills to an investigation into the Shake-speare authorship question. The thesis is that Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Lord Chancellor, Philosopher, and essayist, wrote the Shake-speare work as the ethical and political Histories of his Great Instauration pr... more »oject. The doubts against Shakspere of Stratford's authorship claim are set out in detail with several new arguments. Bacon's motive for concealment is established together with the origin of the Shake-speare pseudonym. Interesting new facts are presented showing why Shakspere of Stratford could not have written The Comedy of Errors and Love's Labour's Lost and why Bacon's authorship of them has high probability. The many parallels between the ideas of Bacon and Shake-speare are examined. Complete with photographs of original documents, this is the clearest and most coherent case yet for any authorship candidate.« less