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By Sally O'Reilly Dark Aemilia: A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady (1ST)

by: Sally O'Reilly (author)

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Format: hardcover

ISBN: 8601402429080

ASIN: B00N4F2XHQ

Publish date: 2014-06-11

Publisher: Picador

Edition language: English

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This bawdy, dramatic, and atmospheric historical novel brings to life Aemilia Bassano Lanyer, a nearly forgotten Elizabethan poet -- the first woman in England to be published -- who, in O'Reilly's hands, becomes a lover and muse to William Shakespeare -- the inspiration of his Dark Lady sonnets. S...

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Aemilia Bassano grew up in Queen Elizabeth's court. She later becomes mistress to a much older Lord Hunsdon, the son of Mary Boleyn. Lord Hunsdon takes Aemilia to a play where she meets a young playwright, Will Shakespeare. From the moment they meet, an anger and passion envelop both Aemilia and Wil...

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