Juliet

Juliet
Anne Fortier

Stunning debut dual timeline novel about the real Juliet, who inspired the story of Romeo and Juliet. Perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine.When Julie Jacobs inherits a key to a safety deposit box in Siena, she is told it will lead her to an old family treasure. Soon she is launched on a precarious journey into the true history of her ancestor Giulietta, whose legendary love for a young man named Romeo inspired Shakespeare's unforgettable story.As Julie crosses paths with the descendants of the families who turned medieval Siena upside down, she begins to realize that the notorious curse – 'a plague on both your houses!' – is still at work.Spanning centuries, Juliet is an unforgettable adventure that hopes to rewrite the fate of the star-crossed lovers, and reunite them at last.

Juliet

Anne Fortier

To my beloved mother,

Birgit Malling Eriksen,

whose magnanimity and Herculean research

made this book possible

Go hence to have more talk of these sad things. Some shall be pardon’d, and some punished, For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

Shakespeare

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u1bfe95fa-6fa9-5d07-9b23-d839d8c1f66e)

Title Page (#u64fb0146-78d5-5c44-89f0-aa88739ae303)

Epigraph (#ue488ca4b-620f-5b12-93e2-3438c12a3811)

The Prologue (#u5b506aed-2aca-5122-995d-a98b9f30633f)

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