Shakespeare and the countess: the battle that gave birth to the Globe

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A Blackfriars mystery -- An education. A radical beginning ; The female university ; Monstrous regiments ; The ambassador's wife ; A widow's bed -- Parliament woman. The War of Admonition ; Lady Russell ; Meet the neighbours ; The widow and the necromancer -- Turf wars. The Arden Trail ; The Queen's soldier ; Closing ranks ; Sheriff and bailiff of the manor -- The battle for Blackfriars. Building ambitions ; Shakespeare and Essex ; Detective Dowager ; 'my war between mine own flesh and blood' ; Shakespeare's Nemesis ; In the name of love -- The birth of the Globe. Aftermath ; 'this distracted Globe' ; Wedding belles and rebels ; 'I'll be revenged ... ' ; 'from the stage to the State' -- Shakespeare's Countess. The last stand for Donnington ; All's well that ends well -- Afterlife of a murderess. A Blackfriars mystery -- An education. A radical beginning The female university Monstrous regiments The ambassador's wife A widow's bed -- Parliament woman. The War of Admonition Lady Russell Meet the neighbours The widow and the necromancer -- Turf wars. The Arden Trail The Queen's soldier Closing ranks Sheriff and bailiff of the manor -- The battle for Blackfriars. Building ambitions Shakespeare and Essex Detective Dowager 'my war between mine own flesh and blood' Shakespeare's Nemesis In the name of love -- The birth of the Globe. Aftermath 'this distracted Globe' Wedding belles and rebels 'I'll be revenged ... ' 'from the stage to the State' -- Shakespeare's Countess. The last stand for Donnington All's well that ends well -- Afterlife of a murderess.