By Any Other Name
Book description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name.
“You’ll fall in love with Emilia Bassano, the unforgettable heroine based…
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Why read it?
1 author picked By Any Other Name as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This was a beautifully written and fascinating tale about the possibility that Shakespeare was not the author of his sonnets and plays, but instead was a woman named Emilia Bassano, one of a few writers who wrote the tales that Shakespeare paid for and used as his own. I loved all the Shakespeare references.
An incredible story from start to finish, full of passion, heartache, love, desire, frustration and tragedy.
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