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The book put me in mind of a reference I once saw for an employee that said 'her staff follow her loyally, but more out of morbid curiosity than any sense of leadership'. That's what kept me reading. As light Tudor romance goes, there is something of a narrative arc here - but it's Shakespeare's own life, not Anne W's and there's little in terms of sense of time or place. It's all Tudor London though rose-tinted glasses. The idea is intriguing (hence two stars) but the execution is simply dreadful. I urge you to avoid this.
You will learn more about Shakespeare in [[Shakespeare on Toast by Ben Crystal]] or for a more scholarly approach, try [[Nine Lives of William Shakespeare by Graham Holderness]]. If you want strong Tudor fiction (and who doesn't?) then there's a huge choice from the slightly heavier going [[Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel]] to [[The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn by Alison Weir]]. We also have a review of Harper's [[The Queen's Governess by Karen Harper|The Queen's Governess]].
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