The story of Aemilia Bassono and William Shakespeare is wrought with passion, love, poetry, and a little magic.
While the story is about both William and Aemilia, the main protagonist of the novel is Aemilia herself.
She is an illegitimate child raised in the court of Queen Elizabeth.
She was taken in by the Countess of Kent who made sure she was educated and prepared to eventually become part of the Queen’s household.
While at court she becomes the mistress to Henry Carey but when he tires of he she is married off to Alfonso Lanyer–a lowly court musician. But not before she meets William and begins an affair with him as well.
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Like many fans of the show, Downton Abbey, I am constantly on the look out for upstairs/downstairs inspired books to tide me over until the next season of Downton comes out!
In post WWII Montreal, Lily Azerov arrives to meet her betrothed for the first time.
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