Shakespeare's Mistress Book

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.