In O, Juliet Robin Maxwell tackles her own version of Shakespeare’s golden couple – bringing new characters and plots into the mix. Juliet Capalleti is the 18 year old daughter of a prominent Florentine silk tradesman, and about to be married to a hideous soon-to-be business partner of her father’s, Jacopo. O Juliet by Robin Maxwell is a great retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story—with a twist. Robin Maxwell sets the story in Florence in the early Renaissance, instead of Verona, and she makes the lovers older than they are in Shakespeare’s play: Juliet is 18 instead of 14, and Romeo is /5(53). "In the estate of ERB saw the times changing and authorized my novel JANE: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan, the first Tarzan classic in years that told the ape man's story from Jane Porter's point of view and the first ever written by a bltadwin.ru might be set in Edwardian times, but this Jane gives Daenarys Targaryan, Captain Marvel, and the Warriors of Wakanda a run for their money.
O, Juliet is a sweeping historical novel based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the most beloved and romantic couple in literary history. Robin Maxwell, author of historical fiction (The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, Signora da Vinci, among others) weaves this rich and compelling tale into novel form for the first time in history, making the Bard's classic play accessible to today's audiences. O, Juliet. By Robin Maxwell - Published Genres: Romance. Maxwell delivers a mesmerizing retelling of the famous star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, in her latest novel, set in Italy at the beginning Read Review. ― Robin Maxwell, O, Juliet. 10 likes. Like "Danger sweetens the brew. Makes it more delicious." ― Robin Maxwell, O, Juliet. tags: bad-boys, danger, dangerous-people. 4 likes. Like "Oh love how can we not be together?' Romeo cried. "Without the sight of you every day, the smell, the taste of you, I would wither away.
O Juliet is one of these books, it's a journey you take into another world, into the past that feels like the present. Ms. Maxwell transports you to 15th century Florence where you can feel the warm Italian sun on your face and smell the rich spices. You walk along the corridors and feel the hard coolness of the marble under your bare feet. O, Juliet is a sweeping historical novel based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the most beloved and romantic couple in literary history. Robin Maxwell, author of historical fiction (The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, Signora da Vinci, among others) weaves this rich and compelling tale into novel form for the first time in history, making the Bard’s classic play accessible to today’s audiences. "One of the queens of historical fiction" offers a new take on the mesmerizing young woman and poetess who inspired Shakespeare's most famous female characte.
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