Shakespeare and the Countess : The Battle that Gave Birth to the Globe

ISBN-13: 9780241960226 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 544 str.

Chris Laoutaris

Opis

This book was shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize One of the Telegraph's 'Best Books of 2014'. 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? Never far from controversy when she was alive - she sparked numerous riots and indulged in acts of bribery, breaking-and-entering, and kidnapping - Elizabeth Russell has been edited out of public memory, yet the chain of events she set in motion would be the making of Shakespeare as we all know him today. Providing new pieces to the puzzle, Chris Laoutaris' thrilling biography reveals for the first time the life of this extraordinary woman, and why she decided to wage her battle against Shakespeare.

Recenzje

A splendid and original book Sunday Telegraph, Book of the Week

O autorze

Dr Chris Laoutaris graduated from University College London and went on to gain a doctorate from the same institution, where he was awarded a coveted three-year British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship to research Shakespeare and the Countess. After becoming Renaissance Literature Course Convenor at UCL, he achieved a prestigious Birmingham Fellowship at The Shakespeare Institute, where he is currently lecturing. Shakespeare and the Countess was shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize and is his first biography.