DARK AEMILIA
Book ID/图书代码： 11197513B61364
English Summary/英文概要： Dark Aemilia. Compelling and richly atmospheric, the novel brings to life the struggles for power, recognition and survival in the brutal world of Jacobean London, vividly conjuring the art and passion of England’s first professional woman poet, Aemilia Bassano – the rumoured ‘Dark Lady’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets.
Bassano (later Lanyer) was the illegitimate daughter of a Venetian Jew who played at the court of Henry VIII, and at seventeen she became the mistress of the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Hunsdon. When she became pregnant six years later, she was married off to her cousin, Alfonso Lanyer, who spent her dowry in a year. Several scholars believe she could be the‘Dark Lady’ to whom Shakespeare dedicated sonnets 127 – 152. The main sources of information about her life are the notebooks of Simon Forman, a necromancer and astrologer, visited by Aemilia at the time the novel is set, to ask for his predictions and for advice about conjuring spirits.
In the novel, Sally O’Reilly gives Aemilia her own voice at last, not only bringing her story brilliantly to life but imagining that her artistic ambitions culminated in the unacknowledged authorship of Macbeth.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 黑夫人阿米莉亚是一部足以引起你强烈兴趣的小说，作品有着丰富的感染力，它鲜活再现了詹姆斯一世统治时期的伦敦世界对权利，认知以及生存的残酷争夺，并生动勾勒出莎士比亚笔下十四行诗中著名的“黑夫人”----英国历史上第一名职业女诗人阿米莉亚•巴萨诺的激情与艺术人生。
巴萨诺（婚后改姓雷尼尔）是一名私生女，她的父亲是一名威尼斯犹太人，《亨利八世》剧中演员。17岁那年，巴萨诺成为了张伯伦伯爵的情人。六年后巴萨诺怀孕并嫁给了自己的堂兄阿方索•雷尼尔，丈夫在一年内便将其嫁妆挥霍一空。一些学者认为她很有可能便是莎士比亚笔下的“黑夫人”，莎士比亚将其第127-154首十四行诗献给了她。目前有关于她生平的信息主要来源于西蒙•弗曼的笔记本，西蒙是一名巫师和占星师，阿米莉亚在设定小说时曾拜访他，试图获取预测和作法圣灵的有关建议。
在这部小说中，作者萨利•欧蕾利最终赋予了阿米莉亚以发言权与生命，她不再是仅仅巧妙地再现阿米莉亚的生活经历，而是设身处地地想象着阿米莉亚在艺术上的宏大抱负最终得以在其未被公认的作品《麦克白》上收获了成功。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：Sally O’Reilly’s DARK AEMILIA has been nominated for the Kirkus Reviews Fiction prize and continues to win high praise in the US and the UK press. As well as featuring in the New York Post round up of ’Must-read books’, the novel was described in Bookreporter as ’a sweeping success, a tale full of action and intrigue’, while the Examiner said, ’in 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, Dark Aemilia is a tale worthy of the Bard.’Dark Aemilia makes one gasp with pleasure and nostalgia for a world one never knew. Profoundly romantic and erotic yet intelligent – glittery in its descriptions yet wholly believable. How glad one is to live now but how one envies the past! – Fay Weldon
O’Reilly is a highly gifted writer and her story rests on extensive historical research, but it’s effortless, dazzling and richly evocative of Elizabethan London. Aemilia is a true heroine, passionate, driven and courageous in facing the dark forces arrayed against her and her son. – Celia Brayfield
Dark Aemilia captivates in its depictions of Elizabethan London, from theatrical life at the Globe to the dead-carts and plague pits of the streets. O’Reilly writes with a sharp wit and lightness of touch but tells a story that is dark, erotic and mysterious. Aemilia is an engaging protagonist, intelligent and proud but not above some moral bargaining.
For those readers of history who glimpse an intriguing woman in the shadows of men and ask, but what was it like for her, this novel is a treat. – Susanna Jones
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