I'm thrilled to be shining the spotlight on this book today. Arden by G.D. Harper is the astonishing untold story of Shakespeare's first play. I very much wish I had had the time to have read and reviewed this for the blog tour but couldn't fit it into my blogging schedule at present. It is a book I would love to read though.
I have previously read the author's previous book, The Maids of Biddenden and you can read my review by clicking here.
The Blurb
Alice Arden, idealistic and wealthy beauty, burnt at the stake for killing her husband, the former mayor of Faversham in Kent. But was she really the one responsible for the most scandalous murder of the sixteenth century?
William Shakespeare, England’s greatest playwright, born thirteen years after Alice’s execution. Why does his first-ever play, written about this murder, not bear his name?
This is a story of two people – one reviled, one revered – whose fates become linked in a tale of corruption, collusion and conspiracy. Based on historical documents and recently published academic research, Arden unveils shocking new evidence about the murder of Thomas Arden and reveals, for the first time, a remarkable new theory about Shakespeare’s early years.
Book Details
ISBN: 978 1739677831
Publisher: Ginger Cat
Formats: e-book and paperback (currently available on Kindle Unlimited)
Purchase Links
About the Author
G.D. Harper has written four novels in the last eight years under the penname GD Harper.
His last novel, The Maids of Biddenden, the imagined biography of real-life conjoined twins born in 12th-century Kent, was featured on BBC TV News and was the winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the historical fiction category, shortlisted for the 2022 Selfie Award at the London Book Fair, and shortlisted or longlisted for five other awards.
It has over a thousand ratings on Amazon UK and Goodreads, with an average score of 4.3. Across the major Amazon markets, it reached number sixteen in overall paid-for e-book sales, number two in historical fiction and number one in medieval historical fiction.
You can also find him at
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