William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon His Epitaph Unearthed, and the Author of the Plays run to Ground

"William Shakespere, of Stratford-on-Avon" by Scott F. Surtees is a biography and critical look at William Shakespeare, told from the perspective of someone writing in the late 1800s. The book examines Shakespeare's life, diving into his early days, his marriage, and the society he lived in while raising questions about whether he actually wrote the plays credited to him. Surtees looks at the traditional story of Shakespeare and explores the possibility that someone else, maybe Sir Anthony Sherley, was the real author. Surtees looks into Shakespeare's upbringing in Stratford-on-Avon, along with objects linked to him and the words on his gravestone. He also studies Shakespeare's marriage to Anne Hathaway and the world of Elizabethan England to better understand the playwright's personality and trustworthiness. Surtees also provides different ideas and old stories that challenge if Shakespeare really wrote his plays, suggesting that people like Sherley might have helped create them. Surtees's book offers a new way of thinking about one of the most famous writers in history and invites people to question what they know.