Draws on new evidence about the mysterious 1603 Tower Notebook to explore a controversial theory about Shakespeare's identity as Sir Henry Neville, a little-known Elizabethan politician who was interred in the Tower of London, theorizing that he indulged his playwriting activities by hiding behind a Stratford actor. 25,000 first printing.

Product Description: Sir Henry Neville - the true author of Shakespeare's works - the discovery that created a sensation in the literary world. Shakespeare historian, Brenda James, always felt that the dedication to the sonnets may have contained a code - but for what purpose? How could it be cracked? When her research led to a little-known code breaking technique, she did not suspect that this would reveal a 400 year old secret - the name of the real author...read more