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“Fair Youth” explores the legend that a romance between Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 20, Lord Great Chamberlain, and Queen Elizabeth I, 37, produced a son, Henry, born in secret, who grows up to be the “Fair Youth” of Shake-Speare’s sonnets. When Queen Elizabeth refuses to acknowledge Henry as her heir, he joins the Essex Rebellion and makes a vain attempt to seize the throne. He is sentenced to death but Elizabeth leaves orders for his sentence to be commuted.
CARL ROLLYSON’S REVIEW OF “GHOSTWRITER” AND “FAIR YOUTH” – NEW YORK SUN, JULY 12, 2024 https://www.nysun.com/article/whos-your-shakespeare-new-works-may-change-your-mind INTERVIEW WITH CARL ROLLYSON, JULY 7, 2024: “GHOSTWRITER, BIOGRAPHER, NOVELIST, SHAKESPEARE, FAULKNER—WE COVER IT ALL IN LAWRENCE WELLS’S WORK”: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carl-rollyson/episodes/Ghostwriter–biographer–novelist–Shakespeare– Faulknerwe-cover-it-all-in-Lawrence-Wellss-work-e2locnf BOOK LAUNCH PRESENTATION “GHOSTWRITER” AND “FAIR YOUTH” AT OFF-SQUARE BOOKS, JULY 10. youtu.be/eo8eHFvwMvw?feature=shared