Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 419 Durning-Lawrence, Edwin, Sir 1837 1914 Durning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin Bacon, Francis 1561 1626 Verulam, Francis Bacon St. Albans, Francis Bacon, Viscount Bacon is Shake-Speare Together with a Reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies Etext produced by Jonathan Ingram, Graham Smith, Tapio Riikonen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML file produced by David Widger "Bacon is Shake-Speare" by Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence is a non-fiction work written during the early 20th century that explores the controversial theory that the plays attributed to William Shakespeare were actually authored by Francis Bacon. This book delves into the intellectual capacity of Shakespeare’s works, arguing that the breadth of knowledge and sophistication displayed in the plays could not plausibly belong to an uneducated man from Stratford-upon-Avon. Instead, Durning-Lawrence posits that Francis Bacon, a learned scholar and writer, was the true mind behind the iconic plays. The opening of the work introduces the reader to the central inquiry regarding the true authorship of Shakespeare's plays. Durning-Lawrence critiques the traditional belief in Shakespeare as an unlettered man, suggesting that the richness of legal, historical, and classical knowledge embedded in the texts necessitates a more elevated author. He uses various references and pieces of evidence, including contemporary critiques, to challenge the commonly accepted image of Shakespeare. As he presents historical anecdotes and observations, the author sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the notion that Shakespeare’s literary genius might be better attributed to Bacon’s intellect, leading the reader to reconsider long-held assumptions about one of literature's most esteemed figures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Authorship -- Baconian theory PR Text Category: British Literature Category: History - Other 337440 2025-07-04T09:57:40.037842 text/html 339107 2020-12-26T23:57:48 text/html 203293 2025-07-04T09:57:48.391867 application/epub+zip 210074 2025-07-04T09:57:43.074824 application/epub+zip 195318 2025-07-04T09:57:41.891835 application/epub+zip 345763 2025-07-04T09:57:51.442808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364523 2025-07-04T09:57:47.638830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362767 2022-09-05T05:42:01.542967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305671 2025-07-04T09:57:39.526878 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 305526 2020-12-26T23:57:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 305524 2020-12-26T23:57:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21292 2025-07-04T09:57:51.575784 application/rdf+xml 11510 2025-07-04T09:57:42.380818 image/jpeg 2871 2025-07-04T09:57:42.133833 image/jpeg 117126 2020-12-26T23:57:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 119157 2020-12-26T23:57:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 117091 2020-12-26T23:57:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 198961 2025-07-04T09:57:40.060853 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia