The Great Shakespeare Fraud: The Strange, True Story of William-Henry Ireland

The Great Shakespeare Fraud

The Strange, True Story of William-Henry Ireland

2004 • 273 pages

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The little known story of one of the greatest literary forgeries in history. William Henry Ireland, only 19, perpetrated the greatest Shakespeare forgery ever attempted. As a result, his father was personally destroyed in a tale worthy of a Greek tragedy.

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An interesting true tale, unfortunately rendered a little tedious by this sometimes muddled book.

December 16, 2020