{"product_id":"in-shakespeares-shadow-a-rogue-scholars-quest-to-reveal-the-true-source-behind-the-worlds-greatest-plays-paperback","title":"In Shakespeare's Shadow: A Rogue Scholar's Quest to Reveal the True Source Behind the World's Greatest Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Blanding\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true story of a self-taught sleuth's quest to prove his eye-opening theory about the source of the world's most famous plays, taking readers inside the vibrant era of Elizabethan England as well as the contemporary scene of Shakespeare scholars and obsessives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare . . . but someone else wrote him first? Acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Map Thief\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Blanding presents the twinning narratives of renegade scholar Dennis McCarthy and Elizabethan courtier Sir Thomas North. Unlike those who believe someone else secretly wrote Shakespeare, McCarthy argues that Shakespeare wrote the plays, but he adapted them from source plays written by North decades before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Shakespeare's Shadow \u003c\/i\u003ealternates between the enigmatic life of North, the intrigues of the Tudor court, the rivalries of English Renaissance theater, and academic outsider McCarthy's attempts to air his provocative ideas in the clubby world of Shakespearean scholarship. Through it all, Blanding employs his keen journalistic eye to craft a captivating drama, upending our understanding of the beloved playwright and his \"singular genius.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 International Book Award in Narrative Non-Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Blanding \u003c\/b\u003eis a Boston-based investigative journalist, whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, WIRED, Slate, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe Magazine, Boston\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and other publications. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and an NPR Book of the Year; and \u003ci\u003eThe Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink \u003c\/i\u003e(2010). A former writing fellow at Brandeis University and The Harvard Kennedy School, he has taught feature writing at Tufts University, Emerson College, and GrubStreet Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767850303776,"sku":"9780316493277","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/31a2a4df92cae12ea33cdcafe852b0aa.webp?v=1780318850","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-shakespeares-shadow-a-rogue-scholars-quest-to-reveal-the-true-source-behind-the-worlds-greatest-plays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}