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England, 1601. When Queen Elizabeth's men come looking for William Shakespeare - a rumoured Catholic in a time of Catholic-Protestant intrigue and insurrection - they first question a beautiful, dark-haired woman who seems to know the famous playwright very well. Too well. She is Anne Whateley, born in Temple Grafton, a small town just up the river from Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. And as church records show - were anyone to look for them - Anne Whateley was wed to William Shakespeare in a small country church just days before he married another woman, Anne Hathaway, who has lived as his wife for decades. In "Shakespeare's Mistress", Anne Whateley - who may or may not be Will's true wife - tells her story. Stretching almost fifty years, from the rural villages of Warwickshire to the bustling city of London, with its teeming streets and lively theatres, it's a story of undying passion, for life, love, and literature.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Historical fiction

• Full title: Shakespeare's Mistress
• Author: Karen Harper
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• EAN: 9780091940423
• ISBN: 0091940427
• ID: 04413975
• Publisher: Ebury Publishing
• Weight: 302 g
• Dimensions: 196 × 128 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. November 2011

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