Contested Will, Paperback/James Shapiro

Paperback edition of Shapiro's investigation into the various controversies surrounding the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. From the author of 1599, it will be supported by literary festivals and Shakespeare events in the UK. Shapiro retraces a path strewn with fabricated documents, concealed identity and bald-faced deception. 'Authoritative, lucid and devastatingly funny,' John Carey, The Sunday Times