First edition. Very light wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket.From the flap: "This dramatic and improbable story of Shakespeares teenaged double takes us to eighteenth century London and brings us face-to-face with historys most audacious forger". First printing, full number line. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

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Title: The Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare: A Tale of Forgery and Folly
Publisher: Da Capo Press, New York
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0306818310
ISBN 13: 9780306818318
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

In the winter of 1795, a frustrated young writer named William Henry Ireland stood petrified in his father's study as two of England's most esteemed scholars interrogated him about a tattered piece of paper that he claimed to have found in an old trunk. It was a note from William Shakespeare. Or was it?
In the months that followed, Ireland produced a torrent of Shakespearean fabrications: letters, poetry, drawings—even an original full-length play that would be hailed as the Bard's lost masterpiece and staged at the Drury Lane Theatre. The documents were forensically implausible, but the people who inspected them ached to see first hand what had flowed from Shakespeare's quill. And so they did.
This dramatic and improbable story of Shakespeare's teenaged double takes us to eighteenth century London and brings us face-to-face with history's most audacious forger.

About the Author

Doug Stewart, a freelance journalist, frequently writes about history and the arts for Smithsonian magazine. His articles have also appeared in Time and Discover. He lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts. For more information, visit fakeshakespeare.com.

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