I really need to start checking my draft posts folder more often! I’ve had this one in there for a couple of months, so my apologies that I’m just now posting about it.
The Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare
IN LONDON IN THE WINTER OF 1795, a 19-year-old apprentice named William-Henry Ireland pretended he
Talking about a GREAT Household Item, finding an unprinted anything from Shakespeare would be out of this world! The kid who made up the fakes was only trying to impress his dad. At the time he probably did not think it would cause such a stir or that it would go any further than their family. After all it was 18 century London. They did not know much about hoaxes back then.
He did do his research and took parchment from books that were from the Shakespeare time. Talking about an excellent Birthday gift…