Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays?

Rubinstein (history, University of Aberystwyth) overviews the debate over the authorship of Shakespeare's plays with chapter-length studies of each of the seven possible historical personages who are likely to have written the plays, evaluating the arguments for and against each. There is also a chapter on the merits and inconsistencies of attributing the plays to Shakespeare himself. These profiles are presented within the context of a discussion on how our knowledge of Shakespeare of Stratford evolved and how inadequate this knowledge really is. The book includes b&w historical illustrations and is distributed in the US by Casemate. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Professor Rubinstein is a recently retired professor of History at the University of Wales, Aberyswyth and had previously been professor of History at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia. He now lives in Melbourne, Australia, and is currently adjunct professor at Monash University. Educated at Swarthmore College and Johns Hopkins University in the United States, he has written widely on British, Jewish and Australian history.