How did a British queen foster a court of women writers in the 1600sà â â an age when female authorship was rare? Follow American scholar Susan Godwinà â â s quest to unearth Mary of Modenaà â â s real storyà â â a journey that involves revisiting seventeenth-century British spaces and delving deep into Oxfordà â â s archivesà â â even as Godwin charts the course of her own resilient, feminist path.