Arliss Ryan

“Controversial and clever, daring and detailed, The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare out shocks any modern day tell-all.  Anne, the feisty and dynamic narrator, gives us an in-depth view of her own life and of Queen Elizabeth’s England.  The novel is as sweeping and insightful, tragic and comic as some of the bard’s own plays.”

-Karen Harper, national bestselling author of Mistress Shakespeare and The Queen’s Governess

“Arliss Ryan knows her Tudor London and the theater of that era.  The Secret Confessions of Anne Shakespeare brings Anne Hathaway out of the shadows into real life, not as the neglected shrew William happily left behind in Stratford, but as a sensual, humorous, talented and daring woman.  This is a compelling novel with unexpected turns in every satisfying chapter.”

- Jeane Westin, author of The Virgin’s Daughters

“An entertaining and admirable novel that offers a surprising reinterpretation of Will Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, who shares, and helps shape, his dream.”

- Sandra Worth, author of The King’s Daughter:  A Novel of the First Tudor Queen

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