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Mistress Shakespeare
Mistress Shakespeare
Author: Karen Harper
Dark-haired and strong-willed, Elizabethan beauty Anne Whateley takes up her pen to divulge the intimate details of her daring life and her great love, William Shakespeare. As historical records show, Anne Whateley of Temple Grafton was betrothed to Will just days before he was forced to wed the pregnant Anne Hathaway of Shottery. — Their secret ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781616880354
ISBN-10: 161688035X
Publication Date: 2/2009
Pages: 384
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4 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 4
An interesting and enjoyable read. Having read Elizabeth I by Alison Weir, Mistress Shakespeare not only gave me some interesting insights into the possible two wives of William Shakespeare, but another perspective of life and times during part of Elizabeth's reign.
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Helpful Score: 4
This novel is about the mysterious "dark lady" of the sonnets, Shakespeare's muse. Harper starts from the fact that the Stratford-on-Avon church records show that William Shakespeare got a license to marry an Anne Whateley a day before he married Anne Hathaway, who was pregnant with his child.
Half-Italian, dark-haired Anne Whateley tells the story of her long "marriage" to the Bard, living with him in London and helping him on the way to success and fame, even while he supported Anne Hathaway in style in Stratford and fathered other children on her.
Lots of detail about both the life of the theater and of politics in Elizabethan times, less about the years under James I.
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