Bequest: why did Shakespeare bequeath his wife a second-best bed?

In this OUPblog, Lena Cowen Orlin, author of the "detailed and dazzling" 'The Private Life of William Shakespeare' explores why Shakespeare left Anne Hathaway his "second-best" bed - and what this tells us about their relationship.

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