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Shakespeare and the Countess

Chris Laoutaris
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  • ISBN 9780241960226
  • Weight: 373g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Mar 2015
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Shortlisted for the Tony Lothian Prize

One of the Telegraph's 'Best Books of 2014'

One of the Observer's 'Books of the Year 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's thrilling biography reveals for the first time the life of this extraordinary woman, and why she decided to wage her battle against Shakespeare.

'A splendid and original book' Sunday Telegraph

'A work of historical and literary detection which takes us straight to the heart of religious politics in Elizabethan England.' Frances Wilson, New Statesman

'I'm in love with the brilliant research on display in Shakespeare and the Countess by Christopher Laoutaris and how it brings to light Lady Elizabeth Russell, a force to be reckoned with and a trailblazing early feminist.' Amma Asante, Observer (Books of the Year)
About Chris Laoutaris
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.

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