The Great Shakespeare Fraud: The Strange, True Story of William-Henry Ireland
Pierce, Patricia
| Publication Date | 2004 |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780750933933 |
| Publisher | Sutton, |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Condition | Near fine, bright copy in like dust wrapper |
| SKU | 7127 |
| Notes | Very clean, bright and neat. |
Description
Hardback. 273pp. Very entertaining true crime; a literary forgery like Thomas Chatterton. William Henry-Ireland forges Shakespeare items beginning with a deed and continuing with letters and poems and even a play Vortigern and Rowena. Fooling literary London Ireland even persuades Sheridan to stage Vortigern before the forgery is uncovered. Small selection of black and white plates.
