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Out of the Shadows: The Life of Lucy, Countess of Bedford

Out of the Shadows: The Life of Lucy, Countess of Bedford

Lawson, Lesley

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralBritish History

ISBN10: 1847252125
ISBN13: 9781847252128
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Apr 12 2008
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.48 Depth: 9.15
Language: English

Lucy, Countess of Bedford was one of the richest, most fashionable and influential women in England at the time of Shakespeare. Married to the Earl of Bedford, the Queen's closest friend,  cousin to Robert Sidney and patron of John Donne, she existed in a world of gossip, scandal and intrigue at the centre of a glittering world of celebrity. Her fascinating life has never been the subject of a book, until now.Â

London in the early years of the seventeenth century was home to many outstanding literary figures, including William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson and John Donne. At a time when poets were dependent on patronage for support and reward, Lucy, Countess of Bedford was patron to many of the great literary and artistic figures of her time, not least Donne and Jonson and extended to many others; Drayton, Samuel Daniel and Nicholas Stone. Her influence was so great she put on and acted in performances at the royal court.

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