The tale of Anonymous spans decades of the late 16th/early 17th centuries, a framework densely adorned by a love affair between young De Vere and cougar Queen Elizabeth I, a succession scheme guided by wicked royal counselors William and Robert Cecil, and the scandalous dramatic output from De Vere's own quill -- handed off to disapproving London playwright Ben Jonson before finding a...

The tale of Anonymous spans decades of the late 16th/early 17th centuries, a framework densely adorned by a love affair between young De Vere and cougar Queen Elizabeth I, a succession scheme guided by wicked royal counselors William and Robert Cecil, and the scandalous dramatic output from De Vere's own quill -- handed off to disapproving London playwright Ben Jonson before finding a willing adopter in the roguish Shakespeare.