Well, it is summer and I am getting towards the end of a 9 week vacation. As I spent ten grand on getting my roof fixed, I decided not to both buying a personal computer after all, and hence have not bother blogging.
Have been spending my time eating out, drinking lots of decent wine (and some not so decent wine), gardening, and reading a heap.
As a result, have almost got to the end of my 1500 volume library - I have only a dozen and a half books left to read.
One problem is that I do tend to get enthusiastic about certain subjects, which then causes me to stock up on books in those subjects. When you then get around to reading a backlog of books on a subject you are already well read in, it can get a little, well, boring. Hence, I have read about as much as I can handle for a while about the Peloponnesian War, the Punic Wars (especially number 2), and about the life of Shakespeare (although I think that there is still a lot of hilarity to be had out of the authorship question).
Also read a couple of W.Somerset Maugham's lesser known novels, Christmas Vacation and THe Merry Go Round. Quite unputdownably engaging, and they remind me as to why, after I read Catalina, some six or so years ago, I became a huge fan of Maugham.
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So where do you stand on the Authorship question? Are you a Stratfordian? A Marlovian (like the Bunyip apparently? Or an Oxfordian such as myself?
I am a Stratfordian. I am totally unconvinced of the arguments regarding any of the proposed candidates except for Henry Neville - and definitely not convinced of Oxford.
I would say that the recent science fiction movie 'Anonymous' would, with all its conjectures and historical inaccuracies, have done irreparable damage to the Oxford case.
I suggest you read either 'The Case for Shakespeare' by Scott McCrea, or 'Spearing the Wild Blue Boar' - both focus mostly on debunking the Oxford case.
Another good book on the subject is 'Contested Will' by James Shapiro.
Having said all that, I do find the idea that Kit Marlow faked his death in 1593 and wrote all the plays himself quite intriguing - aside from the point that Marlow has a very different writing style and is much more misanthropic than the Bard.
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