The Reader's Companion to The Death of Shakespeare

by Jon Benson

Overview

The historical record for William Shakespeare being bare, The Death of Shakespeare imagines how the 17th Earl of Oxford wrote the plays, with occasional help from Shakespeare. The Reader's Companion to The Death of Shakespeare contains notes made while writing the novel that was distilled into The Reader's Companion to help separate fact from fiction.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185625606
Publisher:	Nedward LLC
Publication date:	06/30/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

A graduate of Columbia Law School, a former assistant district attorney in New York, a Department of Justice prosecutor in Washington, DC, who became intrigued with the authorship question. Notes made while writing the novel were distilled into The Reader’s Companion to help separate fact from fiction.

Editorial Reviews

A review of Part One in The Heythrop Journal concluded that "the novel is clever, well-written, and a delightful journey," and that The Reader's Companion "provides many useful tidbits and casts more than enough doubt on the traditional stand on authorship to make the reader seriously re-consider the identity of William Shakespeare."

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The Historical Novel Society thought Part One a "big, immersive novel ... [that] never forgets to entertain its readers while challenging their preconceptions."

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