Thursday, October 06, 2005

Bard unmasked?

Just when you thought it had been settled in favour of the man himself, the debate about who really wrote William Shakespeare's works has sprung up again. Step forward Sir Henry Neville. Academics Brenda James and William Rubinstein argue that Neville was everything Shakespeare was not - wealthy, well travelled, well connected and fat (his friends apparently called him Falstaff). The book, The Truth Will Out, will be published in the UK on October 25, but it can be ordered from the UK now.