By Any Other Name

by Jodi Picoult

ISBN: 9780241676042

Published: 2024-10-10

**PRE-ORDER NOW - THE DAZZLING NEW NOVEL FROM MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR JODI PICOULT** What if the greatest writer of all time isn't who we think he is? What if he isn't even a he? Step back four hundred years and discover the female author who hid behind the mask of the man we know as William Shakespeare . . . 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....