In this book of historical fiction, Anne Hathaway Shakespeare isn’t the forgotten wife left behind to raise children as her playwright husband lives a theatrical life. In Ryan’s version, Hathaway makes her own mark on the London art scene and writes some of her husband’s plays – but without getting the credit.
Such is the description given for Arliss Ryan’s “The Secret Confessions of Shakespeare’s Wife”, which it should be clearly noted is a work of fiction, people. Fiction. Relax and enjoy.
Compare with Shakespeare’s Wife, by Germaine Greer if you want something more in the biography genre :).
Yet somehow, one imagines it will be more plausible than the Oxfordian conspiracy.
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week.
The title of the book is "The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare".