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|title=The Secret Life of William Shakespeare

|sort=Secret Life of William Shakespeare

|publisher=Headline Review

|date=April 2012

|summary=Not a light read by any means, but a rich, authentic-feeling historical fiction of the lives of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Anne Hathaway et al. Intelligent and refreshingly different from most fiction on this subject.

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Books about Shakespeare vary hugely both in terms of approach and quality. Some focus on historical fact, while others play rather more loosely with the romance of his life. Fortunately for readers, Jude Morgan's books are rather more reliably excellent. What's more, he has a track record of fiction that concerns great writers, having previously tackled the Brontës ([[The Taste of Sorrow by Jude Morgan|The Taste of Sorrow]]) and the romantic poets (''Passion''). So my expectations were already quite high coming into his ''The Secret Life of William Shakespeare'' - expectations that he has again surpassed.