Dark Aemilia
ISBN-13: 9781908434494
Author(s): Sally O'Reilly
Subjects: FGU, FV
Publisher: Myriad Editions
Publisher Imprint: Myriad Editions
Publication Date: 27-03-2014
Format: Hardback
Availability: In stock
£14.99
About the book
The daughter of a Venetian musician but orphaned as a young girl, Aemilia Bassano grows up in the court of Elizabeth I, becoming the Queen's favourite. She absorbs a love of poetry and learning, maturing into a striking young woman with a sharp mind and a quick tongue. Now brilliant, beautiful and highly educated, Aemilia is mistress of Lord Hunsdon, the Lord Chamberlain and Queen's cousin, but her position is precarious; when she falls in love with court playwright William Shakespeare, her fortunes change.