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Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection: A New Study of the Authorship Question | 
 enlarge | Author: Samuel L. Blumenfeld
Publisher: McFarland
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 459110
Media: Paperback
Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0786439025
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9780786439027
ASIN: 0786439025
Publication Date: May 28, 2008
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This book addresses the long-standing debate over the Shakespeare authorship problem and offers a daring solution: that the true author of the works attributed to Shakespeare was in fact poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe. The author suggests that Marlowe, supposedly killed in a tavern brawl in 1593, actually faked his own death in order to save himself from an inquisition and certain execution, then continued writing under the pseudonym of William Shakespeare. Citing substantial and compelling evidence, the author outlines several hypotheses to support his case, including the theory that several top people in Queen Elizabeth's government were involved in the plot to save Marlowe (who was reportedly a spy in the Secret Service.)
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Stunning evidence; meticulously researched. June 3, 2008
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Blumenfeld has made a highly persuasive and thoroughly gripping case that the mere concept of Shakespeare as eminent playwright and poet is a real stretch of the imagination. One cannot, and should not, dismiss the author's thesis that Marlowe--child prodigy, scholar, literary genius, and highly valued spy--is the author of the brilliant poems and plays attributed to Shakespeare. The chapters on the Deptford incident and the sonnets are fascinating, and the linkage Blumenfeld makes between Marlowe and some very intriguing people who could have staged his death is extremely convincing. This book is a momentous contribution to the authorship debate.
Mr. Blumenfeld's erudition and detective skills are most impressive. Ecce signum: look at the proof.
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