Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection: A New Study of the Authorship Question

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Author: Samuel L. Blumenfeld
Publisher: McFarland
Category: Book

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Sales Rank: 375916

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
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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Product Description
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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5 out of 5 stars

More legend than man? September 4, 2008
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William Shakespeare. Real Name: Christopher Marlowe? "The Marlowe-Shakespeare Connection: A New Study of the Authorship Question" is a look at something that some literary critics would dismiss as heresy - that legendary author and playwright William Shakespeare did not exist and all of his writing was in fact done by supposedly dead contemporary Christopher Marlowe. With evidence to back up the outrageous claim, Blumenfeld will have readers too, contemplating that William Shakespeare is more legend than man.

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Stunning evidence; meticulously researched. June 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

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.

Just to clarify (Midwest Book Review below is a bit misleading): Blumenfeld maintains that Shakespeare the man DID exist, yet he was a frontman and didn't write the plays.