This book presents the most important facts and evidence relating to whether Henry Neville wrote the works of Shakespeare. It combines earlier research by others and my own findings.
The book emphasizes documented facts, not speculation. Whenever possible, it provides primary sources to support its assertions. Uncertainties are also honestly mentioned where they exist.
The goal of this book is to provide a framework for further research into this question. The facts of history are immutable. With careful investigation, we should be able to determine who wrote the works of Shakespeare.
For the most part, the Audley End annotations by Henry Savile and Henry Neville are beyond the scope of this book. I have included a few examples to whet the reader’s appetite.
The text of this book is AI generated, mostly by ChatGPT Codex. Claude, Gemini, and Muse were also heavily used in the book’s research and composition. Though I have put a lot of thought and effort into compiling and editing this book, only this preface was written by me.
Going forward, I intend to continually revise this book, adding evidence and sharpening its presentation.
I welcome feedback; you can contact me at kenfeinstein (at) gmail.com.
This book is released under a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives license. You can read about that here:
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