Hang Shakespeare

But Not DeVere, a True Story Mystery Solved

By: Robert Boog

Narrated by: Robert Boog

Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

Ever wonder why people doubt that William Shakespeare was the "true" author of the poems, plays and sonnets? Discover three reasons to doubt, and learn why William Shakespeare, a young man from the provinces, a man without wealth, connections or a university education should be hung!

His close friend and rival Ben Jonson wrote the words "hang Shakespeare" in 1623. But why? This man knew the “real” author much better than modern scholars like Stephan Greenblatt or James Shapiro, wouldn't you agree?

Many books questioning Shakespeare's authorship will claim he could not have written the works because of his lack of education or upbringing but this book does not. Author Robert Boog claims to have solved this 400+ year-old, true story mystery and the clues he finds may strike a note with teachers and young people today.

Bringing together little-known historical facts as well as the scant, but incontrovertible things written about the “real” author, Mr. Boog explains things in a comfortable yet convincing fashion.

Shakespeare’s motive to steal: It wasn’t the money or the fame. It was something else that makes perfect sense.

Causation: Who created the First Folio proves Shakespeare could not have written the plays.

Common sense: Why this nobleman needed a pseudonym.

Stylometry: Macbeth, The Tempest, and Pericles could all have been written much earlier.

Occam’s Razor: The bipolar mental health issues of this gentleman matches the “real” author of the Sonnets.

©2020 Robert Boog (P)2020 Robert Boog

This audible touched my mind

If you are looking for a course to want to know Shakespeare. Simply put, what an excellent resource. As a thoughtful person first seriously approaching Shakespeare's work, I can say that this discussion audio-book educated me on the contextual and aesthetic prerequisites to the deeper engagement that I sought. Very detailed audio-book on the subject.

Truly brilliant

I was kindly given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
“Hang Shakespeare: but not DeVere, a True story mystery solved” is a gripping conspiracy book with so much evidence. It’s thought provoking, Ingenious in construction, indefatigably entertaining and crammed with facts and solid arguments, it grabs the reader’s curiosity on the very first page and never lets go.
The book’s idea sparkled in the author’s mind after watching a documentary with his wife, that was titled "nothing is truer than truth", he later starts looking into the authorship of Shakespeare, and finds his first clue in the introduction to the first folio written by Ben Jonson which clearly says: "hang Shakespeare".

Robert’s achievement was to convince the reader to look more into the authorship even after 400+ years from the death of William Shakespeare. He takes us way back to the past to meet our “Shakespeares” analyze their motives, level of education, handwriting, their mental state and more aspects of their lives. By the end, all of the documents and clues we were presented indicate one truth, and that truth is that Edward DeVere, 17th Earl of Oxford is the real author of the sonnets and plays, not Shakespeare.
The book encourages the readers to look more outside of it and investigate the mystery by themselves. I admit I still have a lot of research to do to know for sure where I stand in the Shakespearean dilemma.
The author’s good quality writing, his plausible narrative and humor made this book a hard to put down/ stop listening to. His research is obviously careful which gives his prose great authenticity. The book is well worth the effort.
The audiobook had me glued to my desk chair and I adored the quarantine song at the end of it.
At last, “Hang Shakespeare” is a book that made me think deeply about the other mysteries that lurk in our history and are forgotten about or remained unsolved.
Time is the grand scheme that leaves a lot of mysteries unfold.
Rate: 5/5
-Sadpun