William Shakespeare was long known to have bought a property somewhere near Blackfriars in the City of London, but the exact location has remained a mystery for over 200 years.
But a new discovery has upended the modern history of the bard, with a precise location and even a floor layout pinpointing the location of the building Shakespeare bought in 1613 as he neared the end of his life and used as his London lodgings, and where he may even have written some of his last plays.
