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The Great Shakespeare Fraud

The Strange, True Story of William-Henry Ireland

Patricia Pierce author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:The History Press Ltd

Published:15th Apr '04

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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.

ISBN: 9780750933933

Dimensions: 230mm x 140mm x 20mm

Weight: 440g

273 pages