Sinopsis
The relationship between Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton, his patron and possibly the dedicatee of the sonnets, has long been a source of contention. Mr. Akrigg's book may well prove to be the definitive work on the subject. It begins with a biography of Southampton the first to make use of the Earl's family archives, the Wriothesley Papers. The child of an unhappy marriage, Southampton became a ward of the great Lord Burghley. As a young man he took part in the Earl of Essex's attempt to intercept the Spanish plate fleet in the Azores; after his clandestine marriage to Elizabeth Vernon had lost him the Queen's favour, his association with Essex took him to Ireland to fight against Tyrone and, when Essex's Rebellion failed, to the 'Cower. Released on the accession of James I, die Earl became one of the ornaments of that sovereign's court and a leader of the "country party" in Parliament. His adventurous career ended in 1624, when, at the age of 51, he died of fever while serving with the English force sent to aid the Dutch.
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