Says one Shakespeare scholar, the great English writer’s 2000-line poem, The Rape of Lucrece, is not really about an ancient Roman case of sexual assault and suicide; it is in fact a political pamphlet decrying the persecution of the country’s Catholics in Tudor England. [1]
Shakespeare’s pro-Catholic broadside
Patrick Sawer, TelegraphTuesday, December 4, 2018
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