SIR HENRY NEVILLE WROTE "SHAKESPEARE"

The recent discovery of a Shakespeare First Folio in France (Wed., 11/26/14 in N.Y.Times) is fascinating; even more fascinating is the fact that Neville is written on the first page.  According to the book The Truth Will Out: Unmasking the Real Shakespeare, by Brenda James and William Rubinstein, the actual author of the works of Shakespeare was Sir Henry Neville, a member of the House of Lords in England.  It was not considered appropriate for a member of the House of Lords to write poetry and plays; but obviously Neville/Shakespeare was compelled to write.  And he was one of the best English writers in history.  Actually Neville and Shakespeare were cousins and they ran across each other at the Globe Theater where Shakespeare was parking horses.  They had a conversation and Shakespeare agreed to appear to be the author of Neville's plays. 

Neville was plotting against Queen Elizabeth I (a Protestant Queen).  He had hoped that one of his plays would spark a revolution.  Queen Elizabeth questioned both Shakespeare and Neville; she sent Shakespeare home and locked Neville in the Tower of London.  Neville, depressed and sitting in the Tower, began writing Hamlet.

The lifespans of the cousins, Shakespeare and Neville, were very similar:
Neville was born in 1562 and died in 1615 at age 53.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616 at age 52.

I had never given any thought to who Shakespeare was, taking it all at face value, although I knew that many scholars felt that Shakespeare could not have written these works.  He had almost no education and had never travelled abroad; some of the scenes in the plays take place in France and Italy.  The authors of  The Truth Will Out, build a very convincing case for Neville being the actual author.