Of all the famous individuals
in modern history, William Shakespeare is by far the most puzzling
and enigmatic; every avenue of research into his life as a writer
ends in mystery of one sort or another.
Since the mid-nineteenth century more than fifty alternative authors have been suggested, including Sir Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe and the Earl of Oxford - but none has proven truly credible... until now! Breaking the Shakespeare Codes is the most sensational book ever written on the subject - an astonishing investigation based on secret encoded messages which were left by the real author, and more than thirty contemporaries, in texts alluding to 'Shakespeare' and his work. It is a well-established fact that cryptography was widely used in the volatile world of Elizabethan England - an age of gossips and rumourmongers, when spying was prevalent and religious turmoil threatened to tear the country and monarchy asunder. Indeed, the true author of Shakespeare was himself the most profound and dangerous secret of all... the unacknowleged, illegitimate son of Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester. ![]() |