MOST GREATLY LIVED

About the Book

To be or not to be -- who really asked that question? The answer to the

world's longest literary mystery may well be England's best-kept secret.

Increasingly abundant evidence strongly supports Edward de Vere as the

true genius-playwright and confirms that William Shaksper of Stratford

was illiterate and merely a pawn in a cover-up.

In Most Greatly Lived - A Biographical Novel of Edward de Vere, 17th

Earl of Oxford, Whose Pen Name Was William Shakespeare,  author Paul

Altrocchi dramatically depicts de Vere's colorful life, offering new and

exciting perspectives into the raging authorship controversy.

    Against the resplendent backdrop of England's finest era, Most

Greatly Lived elucidates the fascinating, remarkably intimate,

intertwining lives of the three leaders of England's national

emergence:  Queen Elizabeth, Lord Treasurer William Cecil, and

previously little-known Edward de Vere who was coerced to write under an

assumed name.

About the Author

Dr. Paul Altrocchi is a graduate of Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Columbia University’s New York Neurological Institute. A former Professor of Neurology at Stanford Medical School, he was head of the Palo Alto Clinic’s Department of Neurology for two decades and is a past-President of the American Society of Clinical Neurologists. After a Masters in Public Health from Berkeley and a degree in Tropical Medicine from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, he taught Neurology and International Health throughout the Third World. Dr Altrocchi has been interested in the Shakespeare authorship question for sixty years. Following retirement he has concentrated his scholarly research in this fascinating field, publishing seven books and two dozen articles. He now lives on the beautiful wet side of Oahu.