Joseph Oyewale's post on Goodwall - "The Spy of Venice," a historical fiction novel by Benet Brandreth, is not by William Shakespeare himself. It imagines a young William Shakespeare, fleeing Stratford, becoming an unwilling spy for the English government in Venice in 1585. He is dispatched on a crucial mission, facing peril from Catholic assassins while also being drawn to the city's beauty and its secrets. #bookclub