The Real Shakespeare: Emilia Bassano Willoughby

Argues Shakespeare was a dark-skinned Jewish woman, Emilia Bassano, challenging the traditional authorship and gender perceptions.

Was Shakespeare a white man from Stratford? Debate still rages over the identity of the most beloved poet of all time and ‘father’ of the English-speaking world. Generations of researchers have tried to dismantle the myth of the Stratford man. Now, in this intriguing and well-documented book, Irene Coslet conclusively demonstrates that Shakespeare was a not a man...