Shakespeare's Heroines
Oct 2025 · Hachette UK
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infoThis book will become available on 9 October 2025. You will not be charged until it is released.
About this eBook
Make way for the best-loved women characters from Shakespeare's best-loved plays as they take centre stage. Discover Lady Macbeth's cunning methods of persuasion to kill the king, why the queen of the fairies fell in love with a man with a donkey's head, how a shipwrecked girl convinced everyone she was a boy, and much more.
With a fact file for each character, comic strips of their key scenes and their key quotes broken down, this book will be the ultimate fun and feminist take on Shakespeare's leading ladies.
With a fact file for each character, comic strips of their key scenes and their key quotes broken down, this book will be the ultimate fun and feminist take on Shakespeare's leading ladies.
About the author
Honor Cargill-Martin (Author)
Honor Cargill-Martin is an author, classicist, and art historian from London. She read Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Oxford, winning a scholarship and graduating with a first-class degree in 2019. She has masters degrees in Greek and Roman history and Italian Renaissance Art. She is currently studying for a doctorate focusing on political sex scandals in Ancient Rome at Christ Church College Oxford.
Jaimee Andrews (Illustrator)
Jaimee Andrews is an illustrator currently living in Wiltshire, UK. She graduated from Falmouth University in 2019 with a degree in illustration and has continued her practice since, working for brands, publications and personal commissions. Her illustration work depicts bold characters, pop culture icons and surreal creatures.
Honor Cargill-Martin is an author, classicist, and art historian from London. She read Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Oxford, winning a scholarship and graduating with a first-class degree in 2019. She has masters degrees in Greek and Roman history and Italian Renaissance Art. She is currently studying for a doctorate focusing on political sex scandals in Ancient Rome at Christ Church College Oxford.
Jaimee Andrews (Illustrator)
Jaimee Andrews is an illustrator currently living in Wiltshire, UK. She graduated from Falmouth University in 2019 with a degree in illustration and has continued her practice since, working for brands, publications and personal commissions. Her illustration work depicts bold characters, pop culture icons and surreal creatures.
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