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What’s the novel about?
For years two different conspiracy theories have arisen concerning the greatest playwrights of the Elizabethan [...]
Synopsis
It’s 1593 and the Black Plague has closed all the theatres in London. Christopher Marlowe, [...]
Fact or Fiction?
Supplement II at the end of the novel indicates if details in the novel are [...]
Historical Background
There are a multitude of reasons why some historians believe that William Shakespeare, the actor, [...]
Shakespeare vs. Marlowe
Two great names: William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe -- names with so much in common [...]
During the Plague
Actors, writers and theatre owners always had a difficult time in Elizabethan times. Until the [...]
Gay or Straight?
For almost four centuries, questions have arisen about William Shakespeare’s sexuality (as well as Christopher [...]
Catholic vs. Protestant
Surprisingly, the battle going on in Europe in the 1590s between Catholics and Protestants was [...]
Meet William Shakespeare
Sir Thomas Walsingham always found it a challenge to try to deceive his young ward, [...]
Famous Conspiracy Believers
The conspiracy theory surrounding the belief that William Shakespeare was not the author of all [...]