The authorship of Shakespeare's plays has been the subject of endless debate through the ages. In his groundbreaking new book, Peter Dawkins, the internationally renowned author, lecturer and Shakespearean scholar, sheds new light on the many lingering questions about Shakespeare and his extraordinary works. His detailed research into Shakespeare's life and works, his contemporaries and the more secret history of his time leads him inexorably to surprising conclusions. Unravelling the code and symbolism contained within the works is a fascinating voyage of discovery that reads like an Elizabethan political thriller. The Shakespeare Enigma contains new insights into the plays and poems, and into the English Renaissance that followed the final break with Rome.