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The Assassination of Shakespeare's Patron - Investigating the Death of the Fifth Earl of Derby (Second Edition) (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
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The Assassination of Shakespeare's Patron - Investigating the Death of the Fifth Earl of Derby (Second Edition) (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
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Lord Ferdinando Stanley was the fifth earl of Derby, a leading
claimant to the throne. Considered a man who had everything, he was
also the patron of the company of players which was fortunate
enough to include William Shakespeare. One April Fool's Day, 1594,
he was reportedly approached by a witch (one of the famous legion
of "Lancashire witches") and they engaged in brief conversation
while strolling outside his largest palace, Lathom Hall. Four days
later, he fell violently ill. For twelve days he lingered, while
four of the best doctors in the country, including the famous Dr.
John Case of Oxford, labored in vain to save him.Who killed Lord
Stanley and why? Historians started debating that question almost
as soon as he died, and outraged gossip was to be heard everywhere
in England. This second edition studies the death of Lord Derby
within the immediate contexts of Elizabethan power politics,
succession mania, passionate religious controversy, the records of
prominent families in the North, and the cult of personality just
then beginning to become a major factor in the nation's social
history. The book's scope also includes subcultural contexts such
as Elizabethan poetry (Lord Derby was a pastoral love poet, some of
whose work survives), witchcraft, medicine, spy networks, and both
approved and disapproved methods of political assassination (with
poison being the most frowned upon because of its disreputable
"Italianate" connotations).
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