Welcome to Litsy!

A thoroughly enjoyable saga of a lost history. Two lives merge although separated by 40 years. A scandalous and viscous murder in one. And in the other Shakespeares early days in London as a struggling actor and “horse handler”. The style took me back to my teenage years when I devoured Jean Plaidy books. The research done here is impressive. The Shakespeare chapters were outstanding and my favourite parts of the book.

When Thomas Arden was found murdered, suspicion soon fell upon his wife, Alice. Alongside her lover, Tom Mosby, & several servants, Alice was found guilty & sentenced to a hideous death by burning. But was she really the mastermind behind the murder? Half a century later, William Shakespeare, is drawn to writing about the murder due to a slight family connection, but if he did write the play, why does it not bear his name?