The Shakespeare secret a novel
"Everyone knows of William Shakespeare, the rakish former actor and famous playwright. But few know the three women writing every word of his plays: Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, a frustrated poet; Emelia Bassano, a court musician with a passion for complex stories; and Jane Daggett, a seamstr...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
Alcove Press,
[2025]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Everyone knows of William Shakespeare, the rakish former actor and famous playwright. But few know the three women writing every word of his plays: Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, a frustrated poet; Emelia Bassano, a court musician with a passion for complex stories; and Jane Daggett, a seamstress with an impressive ability to spin fantastic plots. Frustrated by the patriarchal restrictions of their sixteenth-century society, they come together to write anonymously. Soon the three women come under the scrutiny of one of the Queen's spies, who notices their surreptitious meetings and odd behavior and suspects they are involved in an ongoing plot to kill the Queen. To help guard their secret as they face inquisition, they hire an actor named Will Shakespeare to be the face of their endeavor and divert attention. As the plague deepens its grip on London and the Queen's man traces their every move, the women are forced to choose between admitting what they've done and betraying each other to the Crown or hiding the truth at risk of endangering the Queen herself."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 325 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9798892422529 9798892421522 |
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