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George Santayana warned leaders and citizens alike, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Karen Harper's Will Shakespeare goes one step further with a quote that deeply resonates throughout this novel narrated by his "real" wife, Anne Whateley, "The past is prologue. All is true."

Beginning with a youthful romance and secret wedding, Anne records her love/hate relationship with Will as he struggles to escape the glove-maker trade and become a poet/playwright in a world that sharply degrades and damns the latter trade. But creativity and love are the the true prologue that unites Will and Anne through multiple tragedies such as the suicide death of a beloved friend, Kat, over lost love; the death of Anne's father; Will's forced, loveless marriage to Anne Hathaway; and far too numerous other family member deaths.

Readers will enter the world of Queen Elizabeth I, the Gloriana monarch revered by Anne but mistrusted by Will. For it is widely believed that the Queen's Players, the dramatists Thomas Kyd, Ben Jonson, John Lyly, George Peele and especially Christopher Marlowe are perhaps spies for the monarch in one way or another. Still their talent places them in the forefront of Will's competition as he slowly but surely earns his fame as poet and playwright in his own right. The Earl of Southampton becomes Will's patron through Anne's mediation, a relationship that becomes a liability when the Earl's relationship connects him to the political rebellion led by the Earl of Essex.

These glorious pages teem with the creative process Will and Anne share in writing and producing Will's famous plays, beginning with Love's Labour's Lost, written for Anne, a tribute and tragic look at their relationship. Friends are innumerable who help Will obtain the monies he needs to begin his literary career which flourishes. Anne and Will survive the devastating Black Plague and the treachery of former friends and foes.

The tension never lags in this most tempestuous relationship fraught with fear of discovery and jealousy, the conflicts a catalyst for even more vibrant, vivacious plays and poetry that thrill and entrance theatre-lovers from the Queen and subsequent King James to the majority of common English citizens.

Yes, history is prologue, building and forging historical and personal relationships that endure because of Will and Anne Whateley's writing, a searing sword piercing every thought, word and deed to expose the truth defining the essence of human beings.

Mistress Shakespeare is a beautiful, well-plotted, intricately characterized novel that will become a classic for sure of superb historical fiction!

Reviewed by Viviane Crystal on February 16, 2009


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Mistress Shakespeare Karen Harper 9780399155451 Books Reviews

Fascinating story ~ really imagined that it could be realistic.
This book was a very good read
Great book.
Wonderfully written. Fully believable. As an English major who loves Will, and knows his work, this book gave me great joy. So thank you.
Nice story. Behind every successful man is a complicated, smart, resourceful woman.
I can see how many of his books come from his own life encounters. OR how this book came from his many books. Whatever... I highly enjoyed it.
As all her historical novels, this is excellent!
Not engrossing enough. A slow read and did not even complete the book.
Anne Whately has been William Shakespeare's girlfriend and lover since they were children in Stratford on Avon, through until his death. This is the premise of this delightful novel, written as a first person narrative by Anne. The story includes some early incidents in Stratford and, of course, his life in London as the great playwrite.

I am not a fan of first person novels, but this one was very well done with a sweeping and moving account of her life with Will. Included are the key characters in his London life- Chistopher Marlowe (fellow playwrite), James and Richard Burbage (theater owner and actor), and Queen Elizabeth (as a distant character, never involved in the direct story-telling). All lends great legitimacy and interest to this novel.

My wife and I have been attending about 6 Shakepeare plays a year for the past 8 years or so, most by a company in Boston called the Actor's Shakespeare Project. So, we have really gotten to enjoy the plays, and are fascinated by the mysterious Shakespeare. He is mysterious because so little is actually known about him, or tangible evidence of him (letters, scripts, etc). Recently there has been a growth in stories about Shakespeare, most especially the terrific movie Shakespeare In Love. Robert Brustein, founder of the American Reporatory Theater in Cambridge, MA, has written a three play trilogy about Shakespeare's life. We have seen the first two and enjoyed them as well, The last will be performed next year in New York.

This was a really enjoyable book that I could not put down. AND, you do NOT have to be familiar with the plays to enjoy it.

The edition is fine with no typos- BUT there are extra large breaks between the paragraphs and chapters which is a little annoying.
George Santayana warned leaders and citizens alike, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Karen Harper's Will Shakespeare goes one step further with a quote that deeply resonates throughout this novel narrated by his "real" wife, Anne Whateley, "The past is prologue. All is true."

Beginning with a youthful romance and secret wedding, Anne records her love/hate relationship with Will as he struggles to escape the glove-maker trade and become a poet/playwright in a world that sharply degrades and damns the latter trade. But creativity and love are the the true prologue that unites Will and Anne through multiple tragedies such as the suicide death of a beloved friend, Kat, over lost love; the death of Anne's father; Will's forced, loveless marriage to Anne Hathaway; and far too numerous other family member deaths.

Readers will enter the world of Queen Elizabeth I, the Gloriana monarch revered by Anne but mistrusted by Will. For it is widely believed that the Queen's Players, the dramatists Thomas Kyd, Ben Jonson, John Lyly, George Peele and especially Christopher Marlowe are perhaps spies for the monarch in one way or another. Still their talent places them in the forefront of Will's competition as he slowly but surely earns his fame as poet and playwright in his own right. The Earl of Southampton becomes Will's patron through Anne's mediation, a relationship that becomes a liability when the Earl's relationship connects him to the political rebellion led by the Earl of Essex.

These glorious pages teem with the creative process Will and Anne share in writing and producing Will's famous plays, beginning with Love's Labour's Lost, written for Anne, a tribute and tragic look at their relationship. Friends are innumerable who help Will obtain the monies he needs to begin his literary career which flourishes. Anne and Will survive the devastating Black Plague and the treachery of former friends and foes.

The tension never lags in this most tempestuous relationship fraught with fear of discovery and jealousy, the conflicts a catalyst for even more vibrant, vivacious plays and poetry that thrill and entrance theatre-lovers from the Queen and subsequent King James to the majority of common English citizens.

Yes, history is prologue, building and forging historical and personal relationships that endure because of Will and Anne Whateley's writing, a searing sword piercing every thought, word and deed to expose the truth defining the essence of human beings.

Mistress Shakespeare is a beautiful, well-plotted, intricately characterized novel that will become a classic for sure of superb historical fiction!

Reviewed by Viviane Crystal on February 16, 2009