-Caveat Lector- Gerry Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > I once came across (in Cambridge University Library, which allows you to > browse its collection, unlike the Bodleian) a book called (I think) *The > Rosicrucians*, by someone called Olive Wagner Driver, which argued (?) > that all Elizabethan literary works of any note (with the sole exception > of Jonson's) were produced by a cabal of noblemen, all illegitimate sons > of Queen Elizabeth. The _Faerie Queene_, for example, was the work of > Leicester, her sixth son. The book, I suspect, was 'donated by the > author'-still, there's nothing like a little Looney-ness to brighten > one's day. > > Peter Groves, > Department of English, > Monash University <snip> A quick check of Amazon.com yielded the following equally loony item... Bacon, Shakespeare and the Rosicrucians by W.F.C. Wigston Our Price: $29.95 Paperback (March 1997) Kessinger Publishing Company; ISBN: 156459338X Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks. Please note that titles occasionally go out of print or publishers run out of stock. We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this title. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 602,653 *** Book Description Most mystical students know that Bacon was Shakespeare, and that he was the Imperator (leader) of the Rosicrucian Order. This book proves this. Contents: John Heydon; The Prophecy of Paracelsus; The Tempest; Venus and Adonis; Freemasonry; Hermetic and Masonic Origins in the Plays; The Winter's Tale; Bacon and Antiquity; Hamlet; Sonnets; and more. Discover the intrigue behind this great emissary of the mystery schools. Essential for Freemasons and Rosicrucians. ================================= Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
