John Underwood Knihy

Vražda v deptfordské hospodě připravila Anglii o jednoho z nejtalentovanějších a nejoblíbenějších básníků a dramatiků, Christophera Marlowa. Ale došlo k té vraždě vůbec? Nebo byla tolikrát popisovaná scéna předzvěstí utajené existence, sloužící vyšším zájmům? Čtrnáct dnů po Marlowově smrti uveřejňuje do té doby neznámý muž, živící se mimo jiné půjčováním divadelních kostýmů, prvotinu, která divadelní příznivce doslova strhne. Následují v krátkém sledu další díla, podepisovaná několika jmény, v nichž se vždy objevuje slovo Shake. A nakonec se muž proslaví jako William Shakespeare. Brzy se objevují první pochybovači, kteří nemohou pochopit, jak člověk vcelku nedostatečného vzdělání mohl napsat tak rozsáhlé dílo. Přijde chvíle, kdy začnou srovnávat. A objeví neuvěřitelné: stejné verše, stejné věty a odstavce. Jen z jiných her a básní a od jiného autora. Proti sobě stojí Marlowe a Shakespeare a otázka: Byl Shakespeare geniální básník a dramatik, nebo mazaný podvodník a zručný plagiátor? Americký žurnalista Jake Fleming a jeho dcera, aspirantka doktorátu z anglistiky a specialistka na literaturu shakespearovského období, se rozhodnou pro nezávislé soukromé pátrání. Netuší přitom, jak hluboké a temné vody rozvíří. Namísto bádání v literární historii jsou přinuceni bojovat o holý život.

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