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The Man Who Would Be Shakespeare: The Enigmatic Tale of William-Henry Ireland

D. Lawrence-Young

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Description:Emotionally-starved William-Henry Ireland is desperate for his Shakespeare-loving father's respect. To gain it, while working as a legal clerk and using special ink and old paper, he forges Shakespearean letters and plays. He gives them to his gullible father who shows them off to London's literary world of the 1790s. He even has one freshly discovered play, Vortigern and Rowena, staged at Drury Lane theatre. A literary storm breaks out. Some experts begin to ask awkward questions. Abusive letters appear in the press. Has William- Henry's ruse gone too far? The young forger flees the capital. Will he help to save his father's reputation? Will the experts discover the truth? (110 words) Based on a true story, this novel shows how a determined eighteen year-old fooled the literati of London.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Man Who Would Be Shakespeare: The Enigmatic Tale of William-Henry Ireland. To get started finding The Man Who Would Be Shakespeare: The Enigmatic Tale of William-Henry Ireland, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Emotionally-starved William-Henry Ireland is desperate for his Shakespeare-loving father's respect. To gain it, while working as a legal clerk and using special ink and old paper, he forges Shakespearean letters and plays. He gives them to his gullible father who shows them off to London's literary world of the 1790s. He even has one freshly discovered play, Vortigern and Rowena, staged at Drury Lane theatre. A literary storm breaks out. Some experts begin to ask awkward questions. Abusive letters appear in the press. Has William- Henry's ruse gone too far? The young forger flees the capital. Will he help to save his father's reputation? Will the experts discover the truth? (110 words) Based on a true story, this novel shows how a determined eighteen year-old fooled the literati of London.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Man Who Would Be Shakespeare: The Enigmatic Tale of William-Henry Ireland. To get started finding The Man Who Would Be Shakespeare: The Enigmatic Tale of William-Henry Ireland, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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