I won’t give it away, but we find that her true husband shows his love for her through a selfless act. Emilia falls in love with William Shakespeare who works with her husband. This story is based on factual happenings. She is first a mistress to Henry Carey and then married off after she becomes pregnant to an abusive man. … ( more)Įmilia’s life is not always an easy one. From the plague-ridden streets of London to the throne room of Greenwich Court to the stage of The Globe Theater, this is a meticulously researched and gorgeously written story about grace, forgiveness, and the forbidden love between the greatest poet the world has ever known and the woman who inspired him. In the tradition of Jane Austen Ruined My Life and The Other Boleyn Girl, this is a breathtaking, emotionally rich story spun out of historical fact. Meanwhile, William, courting the queen's favor for his new theater, pens some of the most memorable stories ever written, and encourages Emilia to write he helps her compose, and eventually steals, a little bedtime story she calls A Midsummer Night's Dream.

These star-crossed lovers must fight for their love - and, eventually, their lives. But the course of true love never did run smooth, and the Virgin Queen does not take lightly to her ladies straying.

Shakespeare sees the world like no one ever has before, and despite everything - his wife in Stratford-Avon, Emilia's husband and young son, and the will of the fiery and unpredictable queen - they fall in love. In Shakespeare's Lady, Emilia Bassano is one of the most dazzling ladies at court when she meets the little-known playwright William Shakespeare. Emilia Bassano - lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth and one of the first women poets in England - could be the answer. For centuries, readers have debated the identity of the mysterious Dark Lady in William Shakespeare's sonnets.

Shakespeare's Lady by Alex Schnee