Shakespeare Enigma Unraveling The Story Of Two Poets

Every so often a book comes along which forces us to reappraise key writers such as Shakespeare. The Shakespeare Enigma, by Peter Dawkins, special adviser to London's 'Shakespeare's Globe' theatre, is such a book. Our understanding of Shakespeare grows when we look at him from a quite unfamiliar viewpoint. One perspective only a few have seriously investigated is the matter of authorship. We all have our own impressions of William Shakespeare of Statford-upon-Avon; but if we take the evidence of the plays themselves, these impressions are very difficult to fit to the man we then encounter. The writer of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets was a man not only of his time, but of particularly broad experience. He was deeply immersed in the religious and political struggles of the day, exceptionally well-versed in law, diplomacy, the Court, and classical literature, and he was apparently widely travelled. He had a good ear for music, understood the science of gardening, and had more of an interest in metaphysical wisdom than we often realise. Shakespeare the actor also seems to have been regarded with strange suspicion by his contemporaries, until after he died at least.Dawkins, Peter is the author of 'Shakespeare Enigma Unraveling The Story Of Two Poets', published 0000 under ISBN 9780954538941 and ISBN 0954538943.