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The Welbeck Miniature:
Has German Technology Crowned a New Shakespeare Portrait King?
Jun 26, 2023
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The Welbeck Miniature:
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May 2023
The Hampton Court Portrait of Shakespeare
How an Examination of Costume Raises Questions
May 6, 2023
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The Hampton Court Portrait of Shakespeare
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March 2023
Two Early Reviews of STALKING SHAKESPEARE: a Memoir of Madness, Murder, and My Search for the Poet Beneath the Paint (due out from Scribner…
Mar 25, 2023
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Lee Durkee
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Two Early Reviews of STALKING SHAKESPEARE: a Memoir of Madness, Murder, and My Search for the Poet Beneath the Paint (due out from Scribner April 18th)
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August 2022
DOES THIS PORTRAIT MINIATURE DEPICT THE FAIR YOUTH 3RD EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON?
This beautiful portrait miniature, kept in London's excellent Victoria & Albert Museum, was for years identified on that museum's web page without…
Aug 29, 2022
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DOES THIS PORTRAIT MINIATURE DEPICT THE FAIR YOUTH 3RD EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON?
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May 2022
A Curious Portrait of a Man Stabbed 57 Times That Might Actually Be A Famous Lost Painting Of William Shakespeare
Left: portrait known as David Rizzio (Royal Collection, artist unknown, image from Wikicommons).
May 22, 2022
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A Curious Portrait of a Man Stabbed 57 Times That Might Actually Be A Famous Lost Painting Of William Shakespeare
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October 2020
My Novel THE LAST TAXI DRIVER Splashed Across Front Page of Le Monde's Weekly Book Review
In my wildest dreams I could never have imagined this happening.
Oct 7, 2020
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My Novel THE LAST TAXI DRIVER Splashed Across Front Page of Le Monde's Weekly Book Review
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September 2020
Does the 1608 Play A YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY Contain One of Shakespeare's Greatest Soliloquies?
1608 Quarto of A YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY attributed to "Shakspeare" (Wikicommons).
Sep 6, 2020
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Does the 1608 Play A YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY Contain One of Shakespeare's Greatest Soliloquies?
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March 2020
My New Novel THE LAST TAXI DRIVER Featured in Harper's Magazine April 2020 Issue
Very happy to report that Harper's magazine just (re)published the first chapter of my brand new novel THE LAST TAXI DRIVER (Tin House Books) in their…
Mar 18, 2020
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My New Novel THE LAST TAXI DRIVER Featured in Harper's Magazine April 2020 Issue
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REVIEWS FOR THE LAST TAXI DRIVER
Clockwise from upper right: French, American, UK, American (paper), and Italian editions.
Mar 10, 2020
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REVIEWS FOR THE LAST TAXI DRIVER
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November 2019
My Final Argument that the Portrait of an Unknown Fashion Fantastico in North Carolina Depicts the Privateer Sir Thomas Cavendish
Above: Unknown Gent (left, NCMA 67.13.4) & Sir Thomas Cavendish (right, image via Alamy.com)
Nov 8, 2019
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My Final Argument that the Portrait of an Unknown Fashion Fantastico in North Carolina Depicts the Privateer Sir Thomas Cavendish
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October 2019
The Work of a Moment: the Mysterious Ghost Girl Portrait in the North Carolina Museum of Art
Above:detail from NCMA.67.13.6
Oct 23, 2019
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The Work of a Moment: the Mysterious Ghost Girl Portrait in the North Carolina Museum of Art
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September 2019
A Curious Portrait In Which the New Countess of Southampton Poses With a Dog That Is Wearing an Elizabethan Ruff (Ruff) Doggie Collar
Above: Portrait of Elizabeth Vernon Countess of Southampton in Her Boudoir by Unknown Artist c.
Sep 25, 2019
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A Curious Portrait In Which the New Countess of Southampton Poses With a Dog That Is Wearing an Elizabethan Ruff (Ruff) Doggie Collar
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