{"product_id":"shakespeares-mistress-historical-fiction","title":"Karen Harper: Shakespeare's Mistress [2011] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEngland, 1601.  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe 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.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper, Karen","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":47989795979603,"sku":"XE80091940423","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/harper-karen-shakespeare-s-mistress-historical-fiction-xe80091940423-55418928398675.jpg?v=1728300020","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/shakespeares-mistress-historical-fiction","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}