W. Ron Hess, CISSP, CBCP, obtained a B.A. in European and Russian History and an M.S. in Computer Science, works as a Computer Security Officer (in which trade he has been a widely...view moreW. Ron Hess, CISSP, CBCP, obtained a B.A. in European and Russian History and an M.S. in Computer Science, works as a Computer Security Officer (in which trade he has been a widely published expert), teaches in the "Practitioner Faculty" of Johns Hopkins University's Graduate School, and is now turning his talents to his "first love," Elizabethan history. After combing through the cataloged archives of the great research libraries of the world, he has obtained bold new evidence about Shakespeare's life, works, and times. Abandoning the traditional "Anglo-centric" view, Mr. Hess declares that Shakespeare was an "internationalist" whose experiences (and abundant allusions to them) straddled a continent and far transcended "Merrie Olde England." However, those experiences had a "dark side," one that permeated the works, illuminated their meaning, and enhanced their value far beyond anything traditional scholarship has been capable of imagining! We understand Shakespeare best of all through his "dark side."view less