Shakespeare's secret lover

After escaping from prison, Nick Montecristo reappears on the scene in the role of a commissioned art thief. His first customer is a wealthy collector of old books. Nick is to receive a rare copy of the first complete edition of Shakespeare's plays, which Baron Martinis has deprived him of. He goes to the Baron's villa, but is surprised by an unexpected claimant to his inheritance - the Baron's illegitimate daughter Angelica. A young, beautiful and impulsive lady draws him into solving the mystery of the true authorship of Shakespeare's plays.