| Description |
xvi, 502 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, map, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : Fig Tree, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2014. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-482) and index. |
| Summary |
"In November 1596 a woman signed a document which would nearly destroy the career of William Shakespeare ... Who was the woman who played such an instrumental, yet little known, role in Shakespeare's life?"--Dust jacket. |
| Contents |
A Blackfriars mystery. An education. A radical beginning ; The female university ; Monstrous regiments ; The ambassador's wife ; A widow's bed -- Parliament woman. The War of Admonition ; Lady Russell ; Meet the neighbours ; The widow and the necromancer -- Turf wars. The Arden Trail ; The Queen's soldier ; Closing ranks ; Sheriff and bailiff of the manor -- The battle for Blackfriars. Building ambitions ; Shakespeare and Essex ; Detective Dowager ; 'my war between mine own flesh and blood' ; Shakespeare's Nemesis ; In the name of love -- The birth of the Globe. Aftermath ; 'this distracted Globe' ; Wedding belles and rebels ; 'I'll be revenged ... ' ; 'from the stage to the State' -- Shakespeare's Countess. The last stand for Donnington ; All's well that ends well -- Epilogue. Afterlife of a murderess. |
| Subject |
Russell, Elizabeth Cooke Hoby, Lady, 1540-1609 -- Friends and associates.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Friends and associates.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history.
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Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644) -- History.
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| Added Title |
Battle that gave birth to the Globe. |
| ISBN |
9781605987927 |
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1605987921 |
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