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.
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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.
--Midwest Book Review
The book is a wonderful, thrilling, fascinating story.... The story is extremely important and needs to be told. It's inseparable from the Shakespearean authorship puzzle.
--Simon Miles, Author and Researcher
--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As someone who's always had an inkling that there's more to this idea of "Shakespeare" than meets the eye, it's enlightening and encouraging to get the details. Written in a way that really keeps you wanting to read, without even deviating from the facts -it's impressively done. I thought The DaVinci Code was good but this is way better. One of those cases where the truth is more interesting than the fiction.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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If you think you know your Shakespeare, think again. Discover the man who should have been king, and the the country doctor who discovered his secret narrative centuries later hidden within the text of his public stories. This book reads like a novel--but it's not!
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
With a writing style that poses a litany of questions answered by the author, V.M. Fellows, only in gushes of personal supposition that lack any real evidence, only off-handedly referring to the amazing "cipher wheel", this book reads like a gossip column from a turn of the century tabloid. The story-telling is too colloquial and the reading level is young. Fellows "recounts" scenes from Bacon's life as if she were in the room, adding fluffy drama ("[Francis] bursts into the entrance hall and finds Lady Anne just ready to go out for a ride in her fashionable new carriage."-Ch.4) and constantly implores the reader to "imagine how he must have felt" about some incident - not what one expects from a book that claims to hold factual "revelations" of Bacon's "true life story".
Regarding the cipher wheel, V.M. Fellows never describes how it might actually work and in fact dismisses the need to with an air of "trust me, I have it on good authority". At best, she cites moments when other nameless contemporaries of the good Dr. Owen (the builder of the alleged decoder under deciphered instructions also hidden by Bacon within the plays...huh?), a vicar in one instance and a Detroit news editor in another, have been convinced of its authenticity - and then ends there. But who were the vicar and the editor, what were their names and where did she find the stories? Apparently it's not worth boring the reader about but trust her, she has it on good authority.
She does describe the construction of the albatross i.e. the cipher wheel seeming to expect that its mere existence is support enough to justify the wild tale she describes therein.
Other reviews I've read here call the book "fantastic" and it is; The Shakespeare Code is a work of fantasy for it's lack of reliable citation but the yarn itself is entertaining, though it might be a frustrating or even insulting read to those who are passionate about the debate.
It's a light, hobby read for a rainy day, if one is curious but look for no answers here.
Regarding the cipher wheel, V.M. Fellows never describes how it might actually work and in fact dismisses the need to with an air of "trust me, I have it on good authority". At best, she cites moments when other nameless contemporaries of the good Dr. Owen (the builder of the alleged decoder under deciphered instructions also hidden by Bacon within the plays...huh?), a vicar in one instance and a Detroit news editor in another, have been convinced of its authenticity - and then ends there. But who were the vicar and the editor, what were their names and where did she find the stories? Apparently it's not worth boring the reader about but trust her, she has it on good authority.
She does describe the construction of the albatross i.e. the cipher wheel seeming to expect that its mere existence is support enough to justify the wild tale she describes therein.
Other reviews I've read here call the book "fantastic" and it is; The Shakespeare Code is a work of fantasy for it's lack of reliable citation but the yarn itself is entertaining, though it might be a frustrating or even insulting read to those who are passionate about the debate.
It's a light, hobby read for a rainy day, if one is curious but look for no answers here.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Francis Bacon was Shakespeare - A secret biography of Francis
This book is a very readable and interesting introduction to the century old belief that Francis Bacon wrote the plays attributed to Shakespeare, and the book is actually a... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Tom
Yes, Bacon wrote Shakespeare
I have half a dozen books dealing with the code Francis Bacon hid in the plays of Shakespeare, Spenser and others to show that he wrote them. Read more
Published on March 2, 2010 by Graham H. Jackson
A Breakthrough
Thank you Virginia Fellows.
When there is an established body of knowledge with supporting institutions supplied by a steady flow of new talent that demonstrates,... Read more
When there is an established body of knowledge with supporting institutions supplied by a steady flow of new talent that demonstrates,... Read more
Published on December 24, 2009 by Edwin R. Larson
Fascinating but flawed
This curious book by Virginia Fellows hinges upon the belief that a hidden "code" is present in the Shakespeare plays which details the life and times of Francis Bacon, the... Read more
Published on November 4, 2009 by Aanel Victoria
I, Tudor, Wrote Shakespeare and other titles
For those interested in data, there are many books no longer in print which followed legal trails and multiple ciphers discovered in the Shakespeare compendium. Read more
Published on May 6, 2009 by leonis major
I, too, was misled by the title...
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! Read more
Published on July 20, 2008 by Stevie Cho
Rotten Bacon
A very weak book that does not take the rules of evidence or proof seriously. Does not do justice to Bacon or Shakespeare. Read more
Published on June 11, 2008 by Peter J. Jensen
Great Read.
Don't bother reading this book if you still believe that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare. It would be just too much information. Read more
Published on October 19, 2007 by Cookie
One has to admire the persistence and minute attention to detail.
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... Read more
Published on June 3, 2007 by Midwest Book Review
Reviewed by Amy Lignor
This book explores the story of Sir Francis Bacon, the (alleged) son of Queen Elizabeth I, The Virgin Queen. Read more
Published on May 31, 2007 by Front Street Reviews www.frontstreetreviews.com
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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs):
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word cipher, golden lads, cipher story, cipher wheel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Francis Bacon, Lady Anne, Robert Cecil, Lord Francis, Sir Nicholas, Gray's Inn, Lord Leicester, York House, Robert Dudley, Will Shaksper, Robert Devereux, Ben Jonson, First Folio, Queen Elizabeth, Lord Burghley, Privy Council, Anthony Bacon, Alfred Dodd, William Cecil, Essex House, Anne Boleyn, Lady Macbeth, Bi-literal Cipher, Lady Nottingham, Lady Compton Browse Sample Pages:
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word cipher, golden lads, cipher story, cipher wheel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Francis Bacon, Lady Anne, Robert Cecil, Lord Francis, Sir Nicholas, Gray's Inn, Lord Leicester, York House, Robert Dudley, Will Shaksper, Robert Devereux, Ben Jonson, First Folio, Queen Elizabeth, Lord Burghley, Privy Council, Anthony Bacon, Alfred Dodd, William Cecil, Essex House, Anne Boleyn, Lady Macbeth, Bi-literal Cipher, Lady Nottingham, Lady Compton Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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