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.