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Bacon is Shake-speare

by Edwin Durning-Lawrence

This work presents the argument that the plays and poems attributed to William Shakespeare were actually written by Sir Francis Bacon, analysing historical documents, language, and themes to challenge traditional literary authorship.

Accession 7997 ISBN — Publisher Gay & Hancock
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