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Sold by ruru1965 and ships from amazon fulfillment. Yet several days later, william shakespeare married a pregnant anne hathaway. Prolific historical novelist harper the hooded hawke, 2007, etc. In mistress shakespeare, elizabethan beauty anne whateley reveals intimate details of her dang. The socalled dark lady of the sonnets has inspired a host of books about the putative identity of the beauty who served as shakespeares poetic muse, of which karen harpers book is. Harper spins this mystery into a novel about shakespeares true love, the dark lady of the sonnets. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. In harpers telling, anne whateley and shakespeare are. A former college and high school english instructor, harper now lives in columbus, ohio, and naples, florida, and frequently travels around the country to promote her books and speak about writing. Mistress of mourning was published in the uk as the queens confidante.
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