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A review by nightchough
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro
4.0
Read this after seeing "Anonymous" which left me vaguely irritated. I had already read Shapiro's year in the life of Shakespeare book, and enjoyed it, so I was curious to see what he had to say about all the anti-Stratfordian hoohah.
I liked this book more than I expected to. Shapiro's biographies of the major proponents are quite interesting. He demonstrates the utter lack of positive evidence and gives credible motivation for why people would promote these theories.
I liked this book more than I expected to. Shapiro's biographies of the major proponents are quite interesting. He demonstrates the utter lack of positive evidence and gives credible motivation for why people would promote these theories.