This important and revelatory new novel completes the acclaimed
Shakespearean trilogy by Michael Kerr Scott, of which Hamlet and the
Psychotherapist and The Scottish King: Macbeth and the Psychotherapist have
already been published by EER.
Dr. Jacob Fortune, a time-travelling psychotherapist from the 21st century,
arrives in Stratford-upon-Avon to help the playwright come to terms with
his life and work, and to assure him of his central place in theatre history.
An ailing William Shakespeare realises that his life is coming to an end:
'Do I presume that the reason why you are here, Jacob, is that you are aware
that I am soon to die?
Stories and facts about Shakespeare's life are reimagined and placed in a
network of political, theatrical, religious and personal relationships. Along
the way, the story that Shakespeare tells about himself makes clear how
the misuse of power and the oppression of the powerless have not changed
much over the past 400 years.