Shakespeare + the Queen
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Preview for SHAKESPEARE + THE QUEEN...(taken from pages 23 and 24, neither page a complete book page)
That same evening of the tournament's final match, after their candlelit dinner late in the Queen's quarters, he reads her a poem he has written, a poem in which he has tried to express the deep patriotic feelings she has inspired in him.
Feelings that made him want to render service to his country and always...always...to be loyal to the wonderful sovereign who has so much helped him here at the beginning of his career.
Above the rest in Court who gave thee grace?
Who made thee strive in honour to be best?
In constant truth to bide so firm and sure,
To scorn the world regarding but thy friend?
With patient mind each passion to endure,
In one desire to settle to the end?
As he finishes reading, the candles seem to flicker low.
Suddenly, the Queen is embracing him, and somehow her mouth finds his.
It is his first romantic kiss.
It is warm and sweet beyond any wine she has introduced him to. Yet it is vibrant and driving, too. Towards what, he wonders.
Surprised, flustered, he excuses himself. She keeps watching him, a strange look in her eyes, and squeezes his hand hard on his departure.
(108 pages)
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About the Book
This is the story of the 30 year love affair between Queen Elizabeth and the world's greatest writer.
Yes, the idea of such an affair at first may seem incredible, almost beyond belief.
But...
What has to be understood is that Shakespeare was not the person we thought he was.
And, in some ways, neither was the Queen.
If you have seen the recent film Elizabeth, then you may be ready to read this book with no sense of deep shock. On the other hand, reading this book first will certainly prepare you to comprehend better the Elizabeth of the film.
About the Author
Randall Barron has published various articles in the Shakespeare-Oxford Newsletter and has addressed the 1998 Shakespeare conference at Concordia University.
He has a website expressing his views on the Shakespeare Authorship Question and a novel concerning the same theme, Against This Rage, under the pen name of Robert D'Artagnan.
As to his Shakespeare research, he is most proud of having pointed out on his website and to the audience at Concordia University where Shakespeare himself declares he is a knight, and of his investigations into Love's Martyr, an enigmatic and obscure book published in 1601, which he believes is another important key to understanding The Great Shakespeare Hoax.
He and his wife, Gloria, also were the first to discover and call attention to the INQUISITION POST MORTEM of Edward de Vere in London, in 1992.
Shakespeare + The Queen is his most direct, compact and dramatic expose of the scandal that shook the English monarchy and changed both history and literature forever.
For those who might like a more detailed and more scholarly approach on the same subject, there is his companion book, The Great Shakespeare Hoax...while his latest Shakespeare book, Shakespeare Through the Looking Glass, reveals startling insights into the enigmatic Dark Lady and the secret role the Shakespeare sonnets may have played in English history.