Juliet

"One of those rare novels that have it all… I was swept away." – Sara Gruen Twenty-five-year-old Julie Jacobs is heartbroken over the death of her beloved aunt Rose. But the shock goes even deeper when she learns that the woman who has been like a mother to her has left her entire estate to Julie's twin sister. The only thing Julie receives is a key – one carried by her mother on the day she herself died – to a safety-deposit box in Siena, Italy. This key sends Julie on a journey that will change her life forever – a journey into the troubled past of her ancestor Giulietta Tolomei. In 1340, still reeling from the slaughter of her parents, Giulietta was smuggled into Siena, where she met a young man named Romeo. Their ill-fated love turned medieval Siena upside-down and went on to inspire generations of poets and artists, the story reaching its pinnacle in Shakespeare's famous tragedy. But six centuries have a way of catching up to the present, and Julie gradually begins to discov...

Author: Fortier Anne
Genre: Thriller
Number of pages: 562
Reading time: 9 h. 22 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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