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. Time goes by and, despite all their better judgement, they fall in love. Shakespeares Lady by Alex Schnee 5.0 Paperback 11. However, it is through her unhappy marriage to Alfonso that Emilia manages to spend more and more time with the fascinating and elusive playwright, William Shakespeare. When she falls pregnant, Hunsdon arranges a hasty marriage to her brutish cousin, the court musician, Alfonso Lanyer. Emilia Bassano is new to Queen Elizabeth's court and unschooled in its dangerous intrigues. Emilia Bassano - lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, patron of the arts and the first woman to establish herself as a professional poet in England - could be the answer. She quickly catches the eye of Lord Hunsdon, the Queen's Lord Chamberlain, and becomes his mistress. For centuries, readers have debated the identity of the mysterious and seductive Dark Lady in William Shakespeare's sonnets. Emilia Bassano - lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, patron of the arts and the first woman to establish herself as a professional poet in England. 020 3441 9212 Nine Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GE. For centuries, readers have debated the identity of the mysterious and seductive Dark Lady in William Shakespeares sonnets. For centuries, readers have debated the identity of the mysterious and seductive Dark Lady in Shakespeares sonnets. Emilia Bassano is new to Queen Elizabeth's court and unschooled in its dangerous intrigues. Shakespeares Lady (Paperback) By Schnee, Alex.

For centuries, readers have debated the identity of the mysterious and seductive Dark Lady in William Shakespeare's sonnets.

Shakespeare's Lady by Alex Schnee