Cleopatra

Die Geschichte der Frau, die Shakespeare verschwiegAls Romeo Montague die junge Rosaline Capulet zum ersten Mal sieht, ist er sofort verliebt. Die freiheitsliebende Rosaline wiederum ist empfänglich für Romeos Avancen, denn nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter will ihr Vater sie ins Kloster schicken. Romeo bietet ihr die Chance auf ein selbstbestimmtes Leben.Doch nach und nach beginnt Rosaline an seinen Versprechungen zu zweifeln. Da richtet sich Romeos Blick auf ihre Cousine, die dreizehnjährige Julia. Allmählich begreift Rosaline, dass nicht nur ihre Zukunft auf dem Spiel steht, sondern Julias Leben.Eine subversive, kraftvolle Nacherzählung von Shakespeares bekanntester Tragödie. 'Eine grandiose Neuerzählung der Geschichte von Romeo und Julia' William Boyd'Unwiderstehlich. Eine hervorragende Interpretation eines zeitlosen Klassikers.' Jennifer Saint

From the international bestselling author comes an unmissable new untelling of the life of one of the most captivating and misrepresented female figures in history.

'IRRESISTIBLE' JENNIFER SAINT<BR>'SPELLBINDING' ELODIE HARPER<BR>'BEGUILING' WILLIAM BOYD<BR>'GRIPPING' ISABELLE SCHULER<BR><BR>THE UNMISSABLE UNTELLING OF ROMEO AND JULIET, NARRATED BY ROSALINE, THE WOMAN ROMEO 'LOVED' FIRST.<BR><BR>Fierce, feminist and intensely gripping - FAIR ROSALINE takes everything you think you know about Romeo & Juliet and turns it on its head . . . <BR><BR>The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love. Rosaline, headstrong and independent, is unsure of Romeo's attentions but with her father determined that she join a convent, this handsome and charming stranger offers her the chance of a different life.<BR><BR>Soon though, Rosaline begins to doubt all that Romeo has told her. She breaks off the match, only for Romeo's gaze to turn towards her cousin, thirteen-year-old Juliet. Gradually Rosaline realises that it is not only Juliet's reputation at stake, but her life.<BR><BR>With only hours remaining before she will be banished behind the nunnery walls, will Rosaline save Juliet from her Romeo? Or can this story only ever end one way?<BR><BR>A subversive, powerful untelling of Shakespeare's best-known tale, narrated by a fierce, forgotten voice: this is Rosaline's story.<BR><BR>'An excellent spin on a timeless classic'<BR>Jennifer Saint<BR>'I have not been able to stop thinking about this book . . . Fair Rosaline is a gripping, spellbinding and wonderfully immersive'<BR>Elodie Harper<BR>'Brilliant and beguiling . . . A terrific novel - very clever and alluring'<BR>William Boyd<BR>'Thought-provoking . . . a rich and atmospheric'<BR>Katherine J. Chen, author of Joan<BR>'A gripping story of female agency and strength. Rosaline is a compelling heroine and I was rooting for her from the first page'<BR>Isabelle Schuler, author of Lady Macbethad<BR>'Intelligent, imaginative, irreverent. A gripping Romeo and Juliet for the 21st century'<BR>Annabel Abbs<BR>'A brilliant, feminist re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet. I absolutely devoured this'<BR>Jillian Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of Beautiful Little Fools<BR>'Exquisitely written, wonderfully lyrical and richly immersive - this a story we all know made fresh and chillingly relevant'<BR>Ellery Lloyd<BR>'A deliciously dark take on the iconic love story'<BR>Woman & Home<BR>'A dark, powerful and thought-provoking novel'<BR>Culture Fly<BR><BR>SELECTED AS ONE TO WATCH IN 2023 IN THE EVENING STANDARD<BR>EDITOR'S CHOICE IN THE BOOKSELLER<BR>ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS FOR AUGUST IN THE I NEWSPAPER

"Simply gorgeous! The prose flows as smoothly as the waters of the Nile, rich in sensory detail . . . . Solomons pulls back the layers of history to show us the true Cleopatra in all of her pride and glory."—Luna McNamara, author of Psyche & Eros"Wonderful . . . . A fresh and lively take on a well-known tale."—The TimesFrom the internationally bestselling author of Fair Rosaline comes a captivating historical novel—a powerful retelling of the life of one of the most beguiling and misrepresented female figures in history, Cleopatra.The favored daughter of the Pharaoh, Egyptian Princess Cleopatra spent her childhood hiding amid the scrolls in the great library of Alexandria, dreaming of one day writing her own story.When her father dies, naming both Cleopatra and her selfish brother Ptolemy as his successors to the throne, danger arises. While the young Queen sails the Nile to greet her people, her brother plots to eliminate her and rule the empire alone.But while Ptolemy has the power of the kingdom behind him, Cleopatra has her cunning wits. When the great Caesar arrives from Rome, she realizes he could be the key to her salvation—though courting this powerful man could cost her everything.Can Cleopatra save her life, her throne, and her beloved Egypt and finally write her own history?Told from the dueling perspectives of Cleopatra and Caesar’s mistress Servilia, I Am Cleopatra is a powerful, addictively readable reimagining of the alluring queen’s life. A modern retelling that goes beyond previous caricatures, I Am Cleopatra is a fascinating portrait of the flesh-and blood-woman behind the great legend. Natasha Solomons’ spellbinding story of female power and fragility, love and loss, fierce friendship and terrible betrayal introduces at last the real Cleopatra in all her glory and vulnerability.

Fans of Kate Morton's The Forgotten Garden and TV's Downton Abbey will love this sweeping New York Times bestselling historical novel of love and loss. The start of an affair, the end of an era...<BR> <BR> It's the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-old Elise Landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. She arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay, where servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn. But war is coming, and the world is changing. When the master of Tyneford's young son, Kit, returns home, he and Elise strike up an unlikely friendship that will transform Tyneford--and Elise--forever.

Vienna, 1938. Quando riceve la lettera che la porterà a Tyneford House, sulle coste del Dorset, la diciannovenne Elise Landau non sa nulla dell'Inghilterra. Cresciuta negli agi di una famiglia borghese ebraica ¿ la madre, Anna, è una stella dell'Opera di Vienna; il padre, Julian, un noto scrittore ¿ Elise, in fuga dal nazismo, si trova costretta ad abbandonare l'Austria e ad accettare un visto per lavorare come cameriera alle dipendenze di Mr Rivers. Una volta giunta a Tyneford House, una magnifica residenza signorile con il prato che digrada verso il mare e una facciata di arenaria su cui campeggia lo stemma dei Rivers, la giovane donna non può fare a meno di sentirsi sola e sperduta. Lontana dalla sua famiglia e dalla scintillante Vienna, soltanto un filo di perle donatole dalla madre e una viola di palissandro, in cui è gelosamente custodito l'ultimo romanzo di suo padre, le ricordano chi è e da dove viene. In difficoltà con una lingua che non comprende e con cui fatica a esprimersi e a disagio sia con la servitù sia con il padrone, l'affascinante vedovo Christopher Rivers, Elise tenta, giorno dopo giorno, di non abbandonarsi alla nostalgia e alla preoccupazione per i suoi familiari, bloccati in Austria in attesa del visto per fuggire in America. Finché l'arrivo a Tyneford House di Kit, il figlio di Mr Rivers, non le restituisce la speranza di una rinnovata felicità. La guerra, tuttavia, sta per raggiungere l'Inghilterra, pronta a chiedere il suo tributo di sangue e a spazzare via ogni certezza. Il mondo che Elise ha conosciuto è sull'orlo di un epocale cambiamento e lei dovrà decidere se soccombere alle circostanze o abbracciare un'altra vita e un altro destino. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.