Though the Bard's language infuses the story with life, the emotions underlying the lovers' ruptures and reunions feel repetitive, and because there is never any question about how the romance plays out, the central narrative feels flat. The novel's chief pleasures derive from the easy intersection of Shakespeare's work, the history of Elizabethan England and the life that the author imagines Shakespeare might have had. by Karen Harper A bold and intriguing novel about the woman who was William Shakespeares secret wife, by the national bestselling author. When Will is forced into marriage with Anne Hathaway, Anne Whateley flees to London and throws herself into her family's business, but the two reunite when Will arrives in London, and Anne becomes his tireless promoter.
Friends from childhood driven apart by their families' antipathy, Will and Anne rediscover each other as they come of age, and the young lovers plan to wed in spite of their families' disapproval. Born into a first family of Ireland, with royal ties on both sides, Elizabeth Fitzgeraldknown as Gerafinds her world overturned when Henry VIII imprisons her father, the Earl of Kildare, and brutally destroys her family. Harper's slack latest takes this mystery as its subject, imagining Anne Whateley as Shakespeare's only true love. A grand-scale historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Mistress Shakespeare. Yet several days later, William Shakespeare married a pregnant Anne Hathaway. Mistress Shakespeare How customer reviews and ratings work Top positive review Jayniebear One of my all-time favorite novels As a lover of books of all sorts, I was recommended to read this by an amazing high school teacher of mine.
On November 27, 1582, the Worcester archives show a grant for a marriage license for one Anne Whateley and her groom, Wm Shaxpere.
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