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The Book and the Background
Who's who
Who are these people? Oxford's simplified family tree, with all the Cecils and Howards; tiny biographies of everyone; Queen Elizabeth's relationship to Mary Stuart
And where did they live? Tudor map of London (printable) vs modern London map
For you research wonksI have a lot of first-reader friends who have done more graduate work than is good for them. When they looked at Chasing Shakespeares, they all wanted to know more about the background. Did Cecil really do that? Who said so? Did I know I was quoting Donne, not Shakespeare? (Well, duh.) "It's a novel, guys," I said. "What do you want, like footnotes or something? That's like writing a novel about the Titanic and asking for a lot more about the iceberg." They smiled glacially. So okay, okay. Here's your iceberg. Enjoy. |
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| Footnotes, part 1 | From the beginning of the book to Joe and Posy on the airplane |
| Footnotes, part 2 | From their arrival in London to just before the meeting of the Oxfordians. |
| Footnotes, part 3 | From the Oxfordians' meeting to Joe's discovery |
| Footnotes, part 4 | From the New Globe to Joe and Mary Cat at Stratford |
| Bibliography | The bookberg. It's so large it's a .PDF. Sad, isn't it. |
| The poem | HTML and PDF versions of Joe's poem, "The Paine of Pleasure." It's a real poem, which he describes accurately, and it's very interesting. |
But wait! There's more!
The authorship question, a photo album, Renaissance links, and sheer Shakespearean weirdness
| The Play |
| Authorship |
| New Shakespeare Poem? |
| A Shakespeare Timeline |
| Footnotes |
| Photo Album |
| Shakesweirds |