William Shakespeare is viewed today as the quintessential English writer who has continued to influence art, poetry, philosophy and even science for over four centuries. His graphic imagery of Venice, Padua and Verona carefully braided with poignant tragic wreckages of real life circumstances, shrewdly infused with the ancient Kabbalah and transcendent Platonism was nothing short of genius. That is, if he ever put pen to paper! Notable academics, musicians, composers, and a number of historians have significantly debated the literary works attributed to William Shakespeare over the past two decades.
Many of those who have undertaken studies have done so from a musical or literary perspective, but none have dared to examine the historical records as a forensic historian, carefully and painstakingly stripping back the generations of sodden debris that have entangled and concealed countless buried secrets. These chronicles reveal documentary evidence to confirm who really penned the Shakespearean canon. For centuries these works have been accoladed as the very basis of English literature, yet the author might not have been English at all!
Amidst the mischief, mayhem and murder, these chronicles answer all the questions, including one of the greatest discoveries of all time – who owned the finest collection of Venetian, Italian and Byzantinian jewellery in the world – The Cheapside Hoard.
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Are you selling hardback copies of this book? I would like one. I am a decendant of Anthony Bassano.
Hi Cindy,
I believe the publisher does not intend to print this in hardcover at this time. My future work on the Bassano family that is far more extensive will be in hardcover. There is also a documentary being made on the family.
I too (May) be a descendant! so family love if we are in fact cousins!
or I may at least be related to anthony, if my lanier line does lead off to bassano on a grandmothers line
Lucreete married john lanier, and maybe she was a bassano?
Dr. Mathew’s thank you Sir!! for all your Amazing work!! You are my go to guy for learning about some truly Great people. I recently started my tree and it took me here. My mother was a Brewer.
Thank you very much Kevin! I have mainly researched the Spanish, Italian, UK and Australian Bassano family, which interlinks to South Africa and the USA. William Brewer 1705-1799AD allegedly married into the Bassano/Lanier family in 1705AD in Surry County, Virginia. Late genealogist Margaret Louise Drody Thompson has researched this entire lineage. Her family would no doubt possess her research.
I am so excited about the Bassano book and documentary! My Bassano ancestor was Elizabeth Bassano who married John Chandler. They both are listed as Ancient Planters. I look forward to learning more about the Bassano family. I did find a connection that goes back to the 900’s in Spain with their Jewish ancestry. The Spanish Inquisition drove them out of Spain. I wondered why their Italian identity wasn’t that strong and the family didn’t really have many years in Italy. I’m looking forward to learning more.
Hi Roxanne. I’m glad you have enjoyed my work. There is still so much more to come. Since it is posted on my website, I need to clarify a couple of points. The word “ancient” is generally accepted amongst historians as prior to the fall of Rome in 476AD. The Spanish Inquisition was established in 1478AD. The Bassano family had been in Bassano del Grappa for several generations and became one of the four founding families of Bassano (Academic Paper: New Information About Shakespeare’s Sonnets). Their music and art can still be seen across the city of Bassano (as it was orginially called). They brought Italy to England, sharing all the wonders of the Veneto amongst the Brits. Their work will never be forgotten!