Shakespeare and the Resistance
Asquith, Clare![Shakespeare and the Resistance](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/244/24465850/CHSBZCOP0324465850.jpg)
The 1590s were black years for England. The queen was old, the succession unclear, and the treasury empty after decades of war. Amid the rising tension, William Shakespeare published a pair of poems dedicated to the young Earl of Southampton: Venus and Adonis in 1593 and The Rape of Lucrece a year later. Although wildly popular during Shakespeare's lifetime, to modern readers both works are almost impenetrable. But in her enthralling new book,...