By Any Other Name - PRE-ORDER FOR 10/10/24

Pre-order your copy of By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult for the special price of £18.00 (RRP: £22.00).

Publication date: 10 October 2024

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In 1581, Emilia Bassano is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord Chamberlain’s mistress she has access to the theatre, and finds a way to bring her work to the stage secretly. And yet, creating some of the world’s greatest dramatic masterpieces comes at a great cost: by paying a man for the use of his name, she will write her own out of history.

His name? William Shakespeare...

In modern day New York, playwright Melina Green is determined to see one of her shows make the stage. After years of struggle to be recognised she has finally written again, inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor — Emilia Bassano, England’s first published female poet. Although the challenges are different for her, four hundred years later, a woman’s voice is still not heard like a man’s.

But what lengths will she be willing to go to in order to achieve her dreams?Moving between Elizabethan England and modern day Manhattan, By Any Other Name is a beautifully written, compelling novel that explores the theme of identity and the ways in which two women, centuries apart—one of whom might just be the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—are both forced to hide behind another name to make their voices heard.

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Format:Hardback 400 pages
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Michael Joseph Ltd
ISBN:9780241676042
Published:10 Oct 2024