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The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare

The Rape of Lucrece

William Shakespeare

64 pages paperback 1594

24 editions

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The Rape of Lucrece is a 1594 narrative poem. In 509 BC Lucretia was raped by the son of Tarquin the King of Rome. Lucretia was the wife of a Roman aristocrat. She committed suicide and her body was paraded around the Roman Forum. A revolt followe...

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