{"product_id":"9781250048141","title":"Dark Aemilia: A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003eA TALE OF SORCERY AND PASSION IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY LONDON—WHERE WITCHES HAUNT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND HIS DARK LADY, THE PLAYWRIGHT'S MUSE AND ONE TRUE LOVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe daughter of a Venetian musician, Aemilia Bassano came of age in Queen Elizabeth's royal court. The Queen's favorite, she develops a love of poetry and learning, maturing into a young woman known not only for her beauty but also her sharp mind and quick tongue. Aemilia becomes the mistress of Lord Hunsdon, but her position is precarious. Then she crosses paths with an impetuous playwright named William Shakespeare and begins an impassioned but ill-fated affair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decade later, the Queen is dead, and Aemilia Bassano is now Aemilia Lanyer, fallen from favor and married to a fool. Like the rest of London, she fears the plague. And when her young son Henry takes ill, Aemilia resolves to do anything to save him, even if it means seeking help from her estranged lover, Will—or worse, making a pact with the Devil himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn rich, vivid detail, Sally O'Reilly breathes life into England's first female poet, a mysterious woman nearly forgotten by history. Full of passion and devilish schemes, \u003ci\u003eDark Aemilia \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale worthy of the Bard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300795662576,"sku":"9781250048141","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250048141_p0.jpg?v=1769891638","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250048141","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}