This little book reimagines what happens to the Macbeths after the end of the play, how Lady (Queen) Macbeth is coping in hiding. (Obviously I’m in some sort of Shakespeare era with my reading right now).
We follow Queen Macbeth in her hideout: imagining her next steps, analysing the past, and dealing with the political fallout. It’s a short and well-paced narrative, with a few surprises as well!
I think Lady Macbeth is very charismatic and I loved all the creepy stuff of the play, so this version of her feels a bit bloodless. It’s more of a straightforward narrative, there’s just not enough time to meander into other things perhaps. Also I understand that maybe the author didn’t want to do a “Lady Macbeth” with all the accompanying mythology. It’s a very clearheaded analysis of women’s roles at that moment in history.
There’s a few really excellent descriptions of the local politics at the time – these were my favourite bits.
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