£49.84

The Assassination of Shakespeare's Patron: Death of the Fifth Earl of Derby (Second Edition)

Great Britain

Price data last checked 28 day(s) ago - will refresh soon

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£50 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 63 days · 63 data points (no recent data)

Historical

Generating forecast…

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 63 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £50 (63 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £50 - £50

Price levels: 1 different prices over 63 days

Description

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).

Product Specifications

Format: paperback
ASIN: 1638570442
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Great Britain
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 March 2022
Listed Since: 20 February 2023

Barcode

No barcode data available

The Assassination of Shakespeare's Patron: Death of the Fifth Earl of Derby (Second Edition)

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Shakespeare: New Voices

The Disease and Cure: 2nd Edition

Chemical Oceanography: 2nd Edition

Practical Patient Safety: 2nd edition

Contributions to Sensory Physiology: Volume 2

Emerging African Voices: A Study of Contemporary African Literature

Numerical Analysis: A Second Course

The Three Germanys: Glimpses into their History - Vol. II

The Physiology of Insecta: 2nd Edition, Volume IV

Shakespeare's Impact on his Contemporaries

The Trinitarian Vision of Jonathan Edwards and David Coffey

Criminal Law and Practice Review Volume 2

Perennial Empires: Postcolonial, Transnational, and Literary Perspectives

Shakespearean Tragedy

Language Development

The Inked Blade: Silent Echoes of Valor

Margaret Flockton: A Fragrant Memory

The Seelie Tome

Ooku, the Secret World of the Shogun's Women

Shakespeare's Strangers and English Law

Sir Francis Drake

Henry VIII (Routledge Historical Biographies)

The Secret Life of the Blank Book: Volume 2

Mediatic Shakespeare: The Dynamics of Orality, Script and Print in the Plays and Poems