Juliet has it all-history, mystery, and romance. 'In her debut novel, Anne Fortier takes a great idea-a young woman discovers she is the descendant of the Juliet who inspired Shakespeare's play-and executes it thrillingly. An astonishing achievement.'-Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue and Luncheon of the Boating Party

Boldly imagined, brilliantly plotted, beautifully described, Juliet will carry you spellbound until the gripping end. 'Spinning backward and forward from Shakespeare's immortal play, Anne Fortier puts to delicious use all the familiar Romantic motifs alternating with complex contemporary intrigue to weave a multi-layered cloth of stories within stories, where fortunes turn in an instant and every character is a shape shifter. The author is to be congratulated on a truly fabulous book that will surely be a resounding success! We will never see Romeo and Juliet in quite the same way again.'-Alison Weir The theme is delightfully original - and the kind of thing you wish you had thought up yourself. Every sentence is a joy, every character lives, and medieval and modern Siena are brilliantly evoked. Elegantly written in exquisite, vibrant and witty prose that rides well with the clever use of quotes from Shakespeare, it interweaves an astonishing historic take on the tale of the star-crossed lovers with a fast-paced, modern thriller.

Juliet is a thrilling debut novel, completely saturated in fascinating history.'-Katherine Neville, author of The Fire This book has everything: Juliet and Romeo the Italian nobility and the mafia underworld swashbuckling heroes and spunky heroines secret documents and hidden treasures passionate loves and violent vendettas that span the centuries. 'Anne Fortier delivers a rollicking quest through the dark alleyways and shimmering hill towns that once inspired Shakespeare's great love story. I was swept away.”-Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants

“One of those rare novels that have it all. I fell in love with Juliet all over again'-Jaime Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Anne Fortier breathes new life into the Shakespearean tragedy we thought we knew. 'A feast of myth, history, and tantalizing indulgences-I was swept away, blown away, and taken for ransom.

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