Nothing like the sun : a story of Shakespeare's love-life - Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993 (Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1973)
Through the distorted vision of a university lecturer, the truth about William Shakespeare's love life emerges: his affairs with a black woman and a golden man, his conflicted relationship with his wife, his affection for a young boy. Beginning with a childhood obsession with words the life and romance of the great Bard is unfolded.