The Women Who Saved Shakespeare

Georgian London. 'Reading fever' sweeps the nation, much endangering the delicacy of young women's minds. Such is the general consensus of eighteenth-century men. Elizabeth Boyd knows better, and from the moment she discovers her grandmother's annotated Shakespeare, she senses a genius the men around her are unable to see.

As her twin brother rises through privilege, Elizabeth teaches herself to write, daring to dream of a life in letters. A chance encounter draws her into a circle of women ...