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Mistress Shakespeare Mistress Shakespeare pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024
A delicious and intriguing historical novel about the woman who was William Shakespeareas secret wifea by "New York Times"abestselling author, Karen Harper. In "Mistress Shakespeare," Elizabethan beauty Anne Whateley reveals intimate details of her dangerous, daring life and her great love, William Shakespeare. As historical records show, Anne Whateley of Temple Grafton is betrothed to Will just days before he is forced to wed the pregnant Anne Hathaway of Shottery. The clandestine Whateley/Shakespeare match is a meeting of hearts and heads that no oneanot even Queen Elizabeth or her spymastersacan destroy. From rural Stratford-upon- Avon to teeming London, the passionate pair struggles to stay solvent and remain safe from Elizabeth Ias campaign to hunt down secret Catholics, of whom Shakespeare is rumored to be a part. Often at odds, always in love, the couple sells Willas first plays and, as he climbs to theatrical power in Elizabethas England, they fend off fierce competition from rival London dramatists, ones as treacherous as they are talented. Persecution and plague, insurrection and inferno, friends and foes, even executions of those they hold dear, bring Anneas heartrending story to life. Spanning half a century of Elizabethan and Jacobean history and sweeping from the lowest reaches of society to the royal court, this richly textured novel tells the real story of Shakespeare in love.
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Mistress Shakespeare Mistress Shakespeare pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024