An historical drama based on the creation of the Shakespearean canon. Fraught with conspiracy, sex, intrigue and poetry, the story leads the reader through a delicate weave of an extraordinary story line inside the Elizabethan age. A vividly rendered set of characters that interact within a complex backdrop of historical intrigue reveals nuances of relationships and a hero who became, "all the better from being a little bad." Within the Elizabethan court was a this man who's life mirrors situations found in Shakespeare's plays.