Rape of Lucrece, Version 2, The by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

A tale in verse recounting Tarquin's subterfuge and sexual assault of the wife of his best friend and comrade-in-arms Collatine, leading to the agonising mortification of Lucrece and her consequent suicide, and the ensuing political and personal upheavals in the state of Rome. - Summary by Peter Tucker