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Welcome to the Web site of Historian William Corbett. William is an author of assiduously researched and insightful histories. We invite you to pull up a comfortable chair and explore William's writings.
Don't miss William Corbett reading from his
forthcoming Novel, Master of the Ceremonies, at the Poltroon Literary Salon!
See the schedule page for details.
Can you keep a secret?
For four hundred years the world has believed that the actor, William Shakespeare, was the greatest writer that has ever lived.
The world was wrong.
In this startling biography of the Master of the Ceremonies we discover for the first time the traces left by the hand of ‘Shakespeare’- a recusant Catholic at the heart of Elizabeth I’s court, working as her translator and receiver of foreign ambassadors.
Unique connections abound as we learn of the man who translated the great work on Venice from which The Merchant of Venice and Othello were drawn.
Thinker, traitor, soldier, spy.
The life and career of a traitor who fought with the Spanish, spy, translator and author reach into places that no other candidate can occupy.
King James I created the position of Master of the ceremonies especially for him, he resided at the highest echelon of the Stuart court. Finally we have found the courtier author that the world and the works, deserve.
The greatest story never told.
Until now.
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