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Praise for Juliet: 'A delicious retelling of Romeo and Juliet with a contemporary setting, a mysterious safety deposit box in Siena, an ancient curse and star-crossed lovers who are determined to triumph over fate.' Marie Claire 'Fortier clearly knows Shakespeare back to front and makes this a faboulous read' Woman and Home 'A truly fabulous book. We will never see Romeo and Juliet in quite the same way again.' Alison Weir 'Ingenious, intriguing, a thrilling story that keeps you turning the pages. This is a wonderfully textured novel of history and imagination that brings Italy, past and present, beautifully to life.' Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth and Sepulchre 'Juliet is a thrilling debut novel, completely saturated in fascinating history.' Katherine Neville, author of The Fire 'Juliet has it all-history, mystery, and romance. Ms. Fortier handles the dual plot lines with mastery, beautifully rendering Siena of the past and present.'Karen Essex, author of Leonardo's Swans and Stealing Athena 'Boldly imagined, brilliantly plotted, beautifully described, Juliet will carry you spellbound until the gripping end. An astonishing achievement.' Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue and Luncheon of the Boating Party
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Als Julie Jacobs den Schlüssel zu einem Schließfach im italienischen Siena erbt, erfährt sie, dass es ihr ein Familiengeheimnis offenbaren wird. Bald darauf ist sie der wahren Lebensgeschichte ihrer Ahnin Giulietta auf der Spur - die Frau, die Shakespeare zu seinem Drama "Romeo und Julia" inspirierte. Als Julie die Nachkommen der beiden Familie kennen lernt, deren Fehde Siena einst auf den Kopf stellte, erkennt sie, dass der Fluch "Plague on both your houses!" noch nicht der Vergangenheit angehört.
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Actress, director, and teacher Cassandra Campbell presents an artful narration of this story of a young woman who discovers much from a long buried past. Campbell's voice is fresh, articulate, and a pleasure to hear. She speaks as if she is telling her story directly to the listener, almost in the form of a confidence - very effective. She has done numerous books on tape, documentaries, and commercials in both Italian and English. Today in addition to her acting and voice work she is on the faculty of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.
Julie and Janice are twins, although very different - Julie being sweet, demure, rather quiet while Janice is outspoken, a bit strident. When their elderly Aunt Rose dies Janice receives the bulk of her estate and Julie must make do with a letter from her late mother telling her to go to Italy where she will make a wonderful discovery. Seems mother thought Julie was descended from Giulietta Tolomei - yes the Juliet of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet who lived in the 14th century.
So, although she's a bit leery of this whole situation Julie goes to Italy. Once in Sienna she discovers a box holding among other things the story of Giulietta Tolomei and Romeo Marescotti. As we know, these were actual historical figures upon whom Shakespeare based his story. Was Julie's mother's belief that Julie was a descendant of the ill-fated Juliet a possibility? Perhaps so, and that's when the skillful Fortier takes us on a journey segueing between the present and several centuries ago. She does this with both ease and lively dashes of humor.
As Julie searches for the truth about her family history she meets a cadre of folks including Alessandro, a handsome policeman, and a mysterious figure who pursues her through the streets of Sienna on a motorcycle.
There's never a dull moment in JULIET, which marks an auspicious debut by Anna Fortier.
Highly recommended.
- Gail Cooke
Julie and Janice are twins, although very different - Julie being sweet, demure, rather quiet while Janice is outspoken, a bit strident. When their elderly Aunt Rose dies Janice receives the bulk of her estate and Julie must make do with a letter from her late mother telling her to go to Italy where she will make a wonderful discovery. Seems mother thought Julie was descended from Giulietta Tolomei - yes the Juliet of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet who lived in the 14th century.
So, although she's a bit leery of this whole situation Julie goes to Italy. Once in Sienna she discovers a box holding among other things the story of Giulietta Tolomei and Romeo Marescotti. As we know, these were actual historical figures upon whom Shakespeare based his story. Was Julie's mother's belief that Julie was a descendant of the ill-fated Juliet a possibility? Perhaps so, and that's when the skillful Fortier takes us on a journey segueing between the present and several centuries ago. She does this with both ease and lively dashes of humor.
As Julie searches for the truth about her family history she meets a cadre of folks including Alessandro, a handsome policeman, and a mysterious figure who pursues her through the streets of Sienna on a motorcycle.
There's never a dull moment in JULIET, which marks an auspicious debut by Anna Fortier.
Highly recommended.
- Gail Cooke
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Format:Taschenbuch
After the death of her great-aunt, Julie's world is turned upside down. Aunt Rose had raised Julie and her twin sister, Janice, since they were three years old and survived a car crash that killed both of their parents. Now, more than twenty years later, Julie still doesn't know much about her family, except that her mother was American and her father Italian, and that they both died near the city of Siena. So when Aunt Rose leaves the entire monetary value of her estate to Janice, and gives Julie nothing but the key to a Sienese safe-deposit box, Julie is horrified at such an unequal distribution of her aunt's fortune, but also intrigued by this chance to find out more about her own heritage. With nothing left to lose, she hops a plane to Siena and sets to work uncovering the mystery that her mother had been at work on when she died.
Julie quickly discovers that her real name is not Julie Jacobs, but Giulietta Tolomei, and that, if her mother's theories were correct, she is descended in the female line from the Giulietta Tolomei who was the inspiration for the character of Juliet in Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET - a story, she discovers, that was originally set, not in Verona, but in Siena. The clues left behind by her mother lead Julie to uncover the remains of the family feud between the Tolomeis and Salimbenis in modern-day Siena, and to delve deeper into the origins of the Shakespearean play that Julie already knows by heart.
The novel switches between presenting modern-day events from Julie's first-person point of view and narrating the events surrounding the original medieval tale of Romeo and Giulietta. As Julie reads the documents left for her by her mother, she discovers alarming facts - for example, that Romeo and Giulietta were not from feuding families, but that a third man stepped in and caused all of the trouble - and begins to ask questions that might put her in danger if heard by the wrong people.
Without a doubt, my favorite parts of the book were when Fortier described modern-day Siena. I've traveled in Italy before (though not to Siena), and her depiction of a city so steeped in history and so connected to its own past both rang true from my experiences of other cities and made me want to visit Siena. I enjoyed Julie's first-person segments of the narrative more than the flashback tale of the original Romeo and Giulietta, where Fortier's attempt to use more time-appropriate language resulted in a strange mishmash of medieval and modern phrasing. I felt much more strongly for the characters in the present of the story than for Fortier's recast Romeo and Giulietta (though I must admit that I never really liked Shakespeare's version, either).
The plot twists and turns itself into an impressive labyrinthine structure, but if you're not paying attention, it's possible to get lost. For this reason, I'd recommend this book primarily to readers who've already encountered ROMEO & JULIET, and particularly to those who enjoyed the story but aren't afraid to see it rewritten in some thought-provoking ways.
Reviewed by: Candace Cunard
Julie quickly discovers that her real name is not Julie Jacobs, but Giulietta Tolomei, and that, if her mother's theories were correct, she is descended in the female line from the Giulietta Tolomei who was the inspiration for the character of Juliet in Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET - a story, she discovers, that was originally set, not in Verona, but in Siena. The clues left behind by her mother lead Julie to uncover the remains of the family feud between the Tolomeis and Salimbenis in modern-day Siena, and to delve deeper into the origins of the Shakespearean play that Julie already knows by heart.
The novel switches between presenting modern-day events from Julie's first-person point of view and narrating the events surrounding the original medieval tale of Romeo and Giulietta. As Julie reads the documents left for her by her mother, she discovers alarming facts - for example, that Romeo and Giulietta were not from feuding families, but that a third man stepped in and caused all of the trouble - and begins to ask questions that might put her in danger if heard by the wrong people.
Without a doubt, my favorite parts of the book were when Fortier described modern-day Siena. I've traveled in Italy before (though not to Siena), and her depiction of a city so steeped in history and so connected to its own past both rang true from my experiences of other cities and made me want to visit Siena. I enjoyed Julie's first-person segments of the narrative more than the flashback tale of the original Romeo and Giulietta, where Fortier's attempt to use more time-appropriate language resulted in a strange mishmash of medieval and modern phrasing. I felt much more strongly for the characters in the present of the story than for Fortier's recast Romeo and Giulietta (though I must admit that I never really liked Shakespeare's version, either).
The plot twists and turns itself into an impressive labyrinthine structure, but if you're not paying attention, it's possible to get lost. For this reason, I'd recommend this book primarily to readers who've already encountered ROMEO & JULIET, and particularly to those who enjoyed the story but aren't afraid to see it rewritten in some thought-provoking ways.
Reviewed by: Candace Cunard
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I absolutely loved this book. I must confess that the first pages didnt really get me but once the story started in Siena (around page 30) I simply couldnt put it down. It is a great mixture of an old story told in a narrative that really takes you back some hundred years and modern today Italy.
A great story, really well told! I just wish this author is going to write more!
A great story, really well told! I just wish this author is going to write more!
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