It is fact that William Shakespeare disappeared from historical records between 1585 and 1592. No one knows where he was or what adventures he had during that time. What if......His wandering eye wandered too far and he was forced to leave his wife, Anne Hathaway, and their three young children and flee to London
...Where he joined forces with a group of players
...And somehow caught the eye of Sir Henry Carr, an English gentleman about to leave London for Venice to negotiate for help against the Spaniards
...And while underway things went awry and William ended up in Venice with one member of the company masquerading as Sir Henry and his steward?
Well, what if? No one can say otherwise, right?
William, as portrayed here, needed to do some growing up. What better way to do that than to send him, fictionally, of course, to Venice. (References in his plays to happenings in Venice at the time give credence to this possibility.) Over the course of his time there, William does begin the process of maturing but not before angering some wealthy and powerful people in Venice. Will he have to flee Venice as well?
A fun book to read, a fascinating look at Venice and the promise of a sequel to come.
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