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The true story revealed through encrypted messages within the whole works of Shakespeare far exceeds the drama, comedy, tragedy, intrigue, betrayal, false identity and heroism of the actual plays! A real cipher wheel exists today and the author has painstakingly decoded the works of Shakespeare and compared them to known historic events to create a poignant and tragic tale that ends on a note of triumphant. Illustrations and code wheels included so the reader can do it themselves.
I, too, was misled by the title...
| Customer Rating:   | I should have paid more attention, reading all comments including Mr Jensen's below before I placed the order for this book. What a waste of time and money! The biggest reason I read fictions of this kind (eg, Da Vinci Code) is to enjoy logics, closely-matched evidences and proofs behind one's argument, which this book is totally lack of. The book suggests many things but presents NOTHING to back them at all. So one of Shakespeare's sonnet or whatever is just a cover to say [someone very famous] is his real mother, and the writer comes to learn this... how? No decoding process nor anything remotely similar there... uuurgh! Anyway, let me just say that I'm a long-time Amazon customer and don't usually post reviews but couldn't wait to "share" my thoughts on the book this time.
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Rotten Bacon
| Customer Rating: | | A very weak book that does not take the rules of evidence or proof seriously. Does not do justice to Bacon or Shakespeare. Makes wild, unproven claims about Marlowe, Spencer, and the Bible. Cannot tell the difference between a state prosecutor, who questioned Thomas Kyd under torture (Bacon), and William Shakespeare, a man who valued love. Read it and make your mind weaker. I did because I was seduced by the misleading title. |
Great Read.
| Customer Rating: | | Don't bother reading this book if you still believe that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare. It would be just too much information. But if you want to find out more about Francis Bacon and his 'pens' then this book is a goldmine of background and reasons why. Very readable. Dovetails nicely into Alfred Dodd's work on the same subject. |
One has to admire the persistence and minute attention to detail.
| Customer Rating: | | Scholar of mysticism Virginia M. Fellows presents The Shakespeare Code, a one-of-a-kind revelation of hidden codes concealed in the works of Shakespeare and other writers of his time. Exposing amazing and scandalous stories, such as the hidden marriage of Elizabeth the "Virgin Queen", tales of murder and scandal, corruption, and the true-life story of code-devisor Francis Bacon, The Shakespeare Code is at once both shocking and intriguing. An amazing compendium of ciphers and methodologies applied to classic literature, from bi-formed alphabets to Dr. Owen's cipher to Ignatius Donnelly's cipher and more; regardless of whether one agrees with all the author's conclusions, one has to admire the persistence and minute attention to detail. |
Reviewed by Amy Lignor
| Customer Rating: | This book explores the story of Sir Francis Bacon, the (alleged) son of Queen Elizabeth I, The Virgin Queen. A cipher wheel exists today that was used to painstakingly decode the works of Williams Shakespeare and find, within the folds of literary genius, the story of an ignored heir to the Tudor throne.
There are many adjectives I could use here, dear reader. Exciting, intriguing, beguiling - but I think I will stick with...fantastic! You will be amazed by the little known fact, (at least to most), that there are two societies (which are still in operation today) called the Stratfordians (who believe that William Shakespeare is definitely who he said he was and the much beloved writer of, well, any time period); and a group called the Baconians, who truly believe (and, in this reader's opinion) has offered a ton of information that states the case that Sir Francis Bacon was the real Shakespeare, who simply hired old Will to be the "mask" that hid Bacon's works from the Queen. Much like the Montagues and Capulets, these "families" are still battling for the real truth.
Bacon was a member, if not the originator, of a secret society of `pens'; writers who used Athena, the goddess of Athens, as their representative. The goddess of Athens, by the way, was known as the Spear-Shaker (hmm).
There is an extremely well-thought out and, fantastically presented, case for Francis Bacon, here. And, I must say, I believe that Virginia Fellows and the Baconians have a valid point. This book shows the cipher that was discovered in Shakespeare's works that make it not only real and of great historical value, but, most importantly, believable that the fiery Queen Elizabeth was at one time produced on the written page as Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra. Francis Bacon, being only one of Queen Elizabeth's unrecognized offspring, buried the "real" story in the words of `Shakespeare' so that he would not be brought before his volatile mother, accused of treason, and lose his head at the Tower of London.
Perfect, mesmerizing, deliciously fun, this book is for anyone interested in history, codes, science, literature, conspiracies - pretty much anything. This is not akin to another familiar, best-selling `Code'. It is quite real, and a work of pure genius. Let the debate begin!
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