The Dark Lady's Mask (Hardcover) by Mary Sharratt

from Sarah_Gruwell

I had to laugh at the irony that I finished this book on the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, and the book ended with his death. Made me chuckle. This book was an intriguing look at the world of Elizabethan England in all its finery and squalor. The plight of women and artists in the tim...

from BrokenTeepee

I will admit to not being one who has strong feelings for Shakespeare one way or another. My knowledge of him is really limited but he lived in a time period I find fascinating. I went into this novel with no knowledge of this Dark Lady but a healthy curiosity of what she was all about. I did kno...

from wagner.sarah35

Aemilia Bassano Lanier is certainly a Renaissance lady who deserves more fame and study than she currently receives - especially when her primarily claim to fame is the possibility that she may have been William Shakespeare's muse. In this novel, Aemilia and Shakespeare are collaborators in some ...

from lauriebrown54

I greet a new Mary Sharratt novel like I would someone who brought me 5 lbs of See's Candy and the news that I was no longer a diabetic. In this novel, Sharratt takes on the story of Aemilia Bassano Lanier, the woman who may have been Shakespeare's Dark Lady; the story is definitely up to the aut...

from lauriebrown54

I greet a new Mary Sharratt novel like I would someone who brought me 5 lbs of See's Candy and the news that I was no longer a diabetic. In this novel, Sharratt takes on the story of Aemilia Bassano Lanier, the woman who may have been Shakespeare's Dark Lady; the story is definitely up to the aut...