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Shakespeare’s Lost Years

Tinker? Tailor? Soldier? Spy? Howard Linskey looks back at the most mysterious phase of Shakespeare's life

By Unseen Histories and Howard Linksey

January 30^th, 2025

Footnotes With thanks to Kate Shepherd

© 2025 Unseen Histories and Howard Linksey

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