http://www.motherinc.com.au/magazine/everything-for-mum/motherinc-competitions/789Win 1/5 copies of Juliet by Anne Fortier‘Of all the great love stories ever told, hers is perhaps the most famous. To me, she is the key to my family’s fate. To you, she is Juliet.’
When a young woman inherits the key to a safety deposit box in Siena, she is told it will lead to an old family treasure. But her mysterious inheritance leads her on a perilous journey into the past — and to the true history of her ancestor, Giulietta, whose legendary love for a young man named Romeo turned medieval Siena upside down.
As she crosses paths with descendants of the families involved in the unforgettable blood feud that inspired Shakespeare’s famous tale, it becomes clear that the notorious curse ‘A plague on both your houses’ is still at work, and that she is the next target.
Witty, original and unashamedly romantic, it’s easy to see why this brilliant twist on a classic tale is said to be the book women everywhere will fall in love with this year. Already a bestseller in Italy and Germany, with rights fought over by more than 30 other countries, including Australia, and film rights snapped up by Universal, Anne Fortier’s extraordinary debut looks set to conquer the world.
Tipped to rival the phenomenal breakout success of other debut novels on the international stage like Kate Morton’s The Shifting Fog and Kate Mosse’s Labrinyth, Juliet has garnered rave reviews ranging from the acclaimed author of Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen, and New York Times bestselling historical author Alison Weir to a starred Publishers Weekly review, which hails it as: ‘A high-flying debut … a love story that reads like a Da Vinci Code for the smart modern woman’.
Inspired by history’s most famous star-crossed lovers, Fortier returns them to their rightful home, Siena, a place she knows intimately and brings vividly to life — her historical research was a labour of love and it shows – and in a master stroke, creates a brilliant two-hander, intertwining the fates of two feisty and resourceful heroines, one in the present day and the other who lived and loved centuries ago, to tell her story. Add to that a seductively beautiful Italian backdrop, an unforgettable love story, a dangerous hunt for hidden treasure, family secrets and blood feuds, mad, bad and dangerously attractive men, and the discovery that Shakespeare’s tale was just one take on the real lovers’ story, and you have just some of the reasons this book is winning such spectacular praise. And, as one fellow writer says, we will never see Romeo and Juliet in quite the same way again.
Praise for Juliet:
‘Juliet is one of those rare novels that has it all: lush prose, tightly intertwined parallel narratives, intrigue, and historical detail all set against a backdrop of looming danger. Anne Fortier casts a new light on one of history’s greatest stories of passion. I was swept away.’ - Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants
‘Elegantly written in exquisite, vibrant and witty prose … Delightfully original – and the kind of thing you wish you had thought up yourself. We will never see Romeo and Juliet in quite the same way again.’ - Alison Weir, New York Times bestselling author
‘Ingenious, intriguing, a thrilling story that keeps you turning the pages ... a wonderfully textured novel of history and imagination that brings Italy, past and present, beautifully to life.’ - Kate Mosse, bestselling author of Labyrinth
‘A feast of myth, history, and tantalising indulgences – I was swept away, blown away, and taken for ransom. Anne Fortier breathes new life into the Shakespearean tragedy we thought we knew. I fell in love with Juliet all over again.’ - Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
‘This book has everything: Juliet and Romeo; the Italian nobility and the underworld; swashbuckling heroes and spunky heroines; secret documents and hidden treasures; passionate loves and violent vendettas that span the centuries.’ - Katherine Neville, bestelling author of The Fire
About the author:
Anne Fortier grew up in Denmark, but moved to the US in 2002 to work in film. She co-produced the Emmy-winning documentary ‘Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia’, and holds a PhD in the History of Ideas from Aarhus University, Denmark. The story of Juliet was inspired by Anne’s mother, who always considered Verona her true home … until she discovered Siena.
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