The Shakespeare Code Virginia M. Fellows Snow Mountain Press ISBN: 1-932890-02-5 Nonfiction, Historical Reviewed by Candace Mahoney

Who really wrote Shakespeare?  There are many contenders for the Shakespearian crown, but in The Shakespeare Code, author Virginia Fellows makes a compelling case for Sir Francis Bacon as the true author.  Using the cipher story concealed throughout Shakespeare’s plays and unveiled in the 1890s by Dr. Orville Owen, Fellows fits Bacon’s secret autobiography together with historical accounts of  the time’s events with beautiful accord. 

The book is a gripping read, from the introduction and basic explanation of the code’s discovery and method, on to the birth of Sir Francis Bacon to none other than Elizabeth I, the “Virgin Queen,” and through to the compelling story of his struggle to rise in a society which he should, by rights,  have ruled as King.  Mysteries and incongruities surrounding Elizabeth and her court are unraveled here as Fellows dovetails the cipher story’s events with known history.  The tale “as complex as one of Shakespeare’s own plays” is rife with scandal, intrigue and, yes, tragedy.  It is, indeed, a story about “one of the most remarkable men the world has ever seen.”  And it is begging to be told.

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