Dark Aemilia : A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady (Hardcover)

from bookworm_naida

Book source: Free review copy via Historical Fiction Book Tours As soon as I got the chance to read Dark Aemilia: A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady by Sally O'Reilly, I eagerly accepted. Historical fiction is a favorite genre, and I was curious to read about Aemilia Bassano seeing as she was Eng...

from wagner.sarah35

This novel really captures the spirit of Shakespearean England, and it's themes play out like one of the bard's plays, complete with scorned lovers, devious plots, and witchcraft. Based on the historical figure of Aemilia Bassano, who just may be an inspiration for Shakespeare's Dark Lady, this n...

from marysneedle

The flow of the story was a bit off, at least for me. There was one part that had me wondering if the story had been properly edited or proof read. In my mind, if you have a rope around your neck with mob ready to hang you for witchcraft that almost succeeds, I cannot foresee that it would be pos...

from LissaJ

This novel imagines the life of Aemilia Bassano (later Lanyer), based on the real woman, who was one of the first women poets published during Elizabethan times. Growing up she was educated beyond the standards of a typical woman of her time and became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth because she co...

from celticlady53

Aemilia Bassano ( later known as Lanyer) was the first English lady who wrote and published poetry, which was no easy feat for a woman in Queen Elizabeth I's time. She was the mistress for a time of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, cousin of the queen, until she became pregnant supposedly not Huns...