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Title	:	Juliet
Author	:	Anne Fortier
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 447 pages
Published	:	August 24th 2010 by Ballantine Books (first published January 1st 2010)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Fiction. Mystery. Cultural. Italy

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Juliet, an ambitious, utterly engaging historical novel on the scale of The Thirteenth Tale and The Birth of Venus, follows a young woman who discovers that her family’s origins reach all the way back to literature’s greatest star-crossed lovers.

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 discover that here, in this ancient city, the past and present are hard to tell apart. The deeper she delves into the history of Romeo and Giulietta, and the closer she gets to the treasure they allegedly left behind, the greater the danger surrounding her—superstitions, ancient hostilities, and personal vendettas. As Julie crosses paths with the descendants of the families involved in the unforgettable blood feud, she begins to fear that the notorious curse—“A plague on both your houses!”—is still at work, and that she is destined to be its next target. Only someone like Romeo, it seems, could save her from this dreaded fate, but his story ended long ago. Or did it?

From Anne Fortier comes a sweeping, beautifully written novel of intrigue and identity, of love and legacy, as a young woman discovers that her own fate is irrevocably tied—for better or worse—to literature’s greatest star-crossed lovers.

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Original Title:	Juliet
ISBN:	0345516109 (ISBN13: 9780345516107)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/features/anne_fortier/
Characters:	Julia Jacobs, Giulietta Tolomei, Alessandro Santini, Romeo Marescotti
Setting:	Siena(Italy) Italy
Literary Awards:	Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2010)

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My goodreads challenge is making me feel guilty about all my unfinished books (how will I ever reach 100 books this year if I keep giving up on what I'm reading?); yet I've decided that it really doesn't pay to listen to an audiobook if turning it on is increasingly serving as a cue to space out with my own slightly less predictable thoughts. Because I just. Can't. Listen. To this any more.The rose on the cover of this book should have served as a cue that it wasn't for me, but it was available

"Juliet" is a story of everlasting and immortal love of Romeo and Juliette, but not as in Shakespeares tale. This is a a story within a story novel, the narrative switches between present day and the middle ages in 1340. Romance( in great amounts), mystery, history, treasure hunts, curses, suspense, adventure - all set in glorious Italy, in Siena (not Verona!).There are so many deceptive twists and turns in this entertaining novel, it's definitely a page-turner, and that is the reason why I gave



I'm so happy to be finished with this book - it feels like I've been reading it forever! Unfortunately, my stash of books didn't last the whole vacation so I was forced to pick this one up for the lengthy flight from Los Angeles to Columbus.I always test books I buy by reading the first page and this book had the most outstanding first page out of all my options. I breezed through the first part of the book and then it dragged.I tried reading one chapter a night. Now, two weeks later, I finally

Re-read...just cause I couldn't remember it and I want to get rid of some hardcovers in the house.Review stands..didn't "wow" me this time either and in fact brought it down to 3 1/2 stars.Normally I wont buy a hard cover...III wait till it comes out in paperback or borrow from the library. But as I was reading the inside flap of the book Juliet, it seemed to be told comparable to authors like Barbara Erskine & Kate Mosse both favorite authors of mine. So of course I figured this would be

Its been a while since I've read a book, where there's no biting during sex, or just no sex at all.. And its been a while since I've read a book, where there's not one single guy-on-guy make out scene.. (Yeah, dont ask ;) And its been even longer since I've read a book in Danish.. and I kinda wish I hadnt actually.. I didnt like the translation -at all- which is very strange considering that the author is from Denmark. I cant believe she approved this version, but whatever.. The translator was

I admit, Im kind of waffling between 3 and 4 stars with this one. I thought I would love this book, and at the storys beginning, I did. I was really pulled in by the mystery why did great-aunt Rose leave Julie only a key to a safe deposit box in Italy, while leaving Julies twin Janice everything else? Why did she keep their identities a secret and only divulge their real names and circumstances of their early life in Siena, Italy upon her death?The further I read, the less compelled I became.