kirstenrose22 's review for:

4.0

This was completely enjoyable - just scholarly enough, but still plenty readable. Shapiro is more interested in why people have persisted in speculating about the "real" author of Shakespeare's writings more than the details and theories themselves. There were lots of little funny ironic bits, which I really enjoyed - plus some insight into some of the background and thinking of some of the more prominent theorists. He methodically proves that most of the denialists know little to nothing about how that particular detail worked in Elizabethan society. I found this compelling and believable. I guess that makes me a Stratfordian. :)