L ady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler, was adapted from a screenplay written by the author, into her debut novel. Unlike Lady MacBethad’s illustrious eponymous forerunner, I imagine very few people (me included) are even aware that she actually existed. Women’s histories have tended to be overlooked by male-dominated historians and chroniclers for centuries, and it’s both fascinating and gratifying to see the current trend reversing that situation.

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