Part biography, part history, Shakespeares Wife is a fascinating reconstruction of Ann Hathaways life. Greer steps off the well-trodden paths of orthodoxy, asks new questions, and begins to right the wrongs done to Ann Shakespeare. n nLittle is known about Ann Hathaway, the wife of Englands greatest playwright; a great deal has been assumed, none of it complimentary. In Shakespeares Wife, Germaine Greer boldly breaks new ground, reclaiming this much maligned figure from generations of scholarly neglect and misogyny. With deep insight and intelligence, she offers daring and thoughtful new theories about the farmers daughter who married Britains immortal Bard, painting a vivid portrait of a truly remarkable woman.n