A Secret Book: Free Will and Occult Prophecy in Shakespeare’s History Plays

This book explores the supernatural and prophetic elements within Shakespeare’s ten plays of English history: King John, Richard II, Henry IV (Parts One and Two), Henry V, Henry VI (Parts One, Two and Three), Richard III, and Henry VIII. Treating each as a form of nonfiction, it analyzes these plays and their prophecies through the lens of free will or fate, demonstrating how Shakespeare’s characters are entangled with cosmic forces and the occult. The author makes several intriguing discoveries regarding Shakespeare’s plays, beliefs, and the world he lived in.

Timothy Horan has been a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, is the inventor of the School Library Writing Center, and is widely published in the fields of teaching and writing. He has taught literature and writing in a university, has been the supervisor of a university writing center, has been the editor of an academic journal, and has over twenty years of experience teaching writing, literature, and library science. This is his fifth scholarly book.