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<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>What if Taylor Swift found herself penning songs about love in Elizabethan England when women were required to be chaste obedient and silent?</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Isabella Whitney an ambitious and daring eighteen-year-old maidservant turned poet sets out to do just that. Having risked reputation and virtue by allowing her passions for her employer's aristocratic nephew to get the better of her Isabella Whitney enters the fray of the pamphlet wars a scurrilous debate on the merits of women. She's determined to make her mark by becoming the first woman to write a poem defending women in love highlighting the deceptive practices of the men who woo them. Her journey to publication is fraught with challenges as she navigates through the male-dominated literary world and the harsh realities of life in sixteenth-century London for a single woman. Loosely based on the life of Elizabethan poet Isabella Whitney this is a compelling tale of a young woman's resilience and determination to challenge the status quo and leave her mark in a world that was not ready for her.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Reviewers are saying:</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>A fascinating look at a female poet in 16th century England...</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>A beautifully-rendered piece of historical fiction filling in the biographical gaps of Isabella Whitney one of England's earliest female poets...</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>A nice blend of historical romance feminist rebellion and forbidden desire...</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>A brave unconventional beautiful read. I really enjoyed it...</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Overall this book is a wonderful perfectly written book. Great for lovers of literary history...</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>