Fair Rosaline (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Paperback
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.
Fair Rosaline is a bold and imaginative work of historical fiction that reclaims the untold story of Rosaline — the woman Romeo loved before Juliet. Natasha Solomons gives voice to this forgotten figure from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, casting her as a young woman navigating a dangerous world of power, desire, and manipulation. Written with vivid intensity, the novel presents Rosaline's perspective as a sharp counter-narrative to one of literature's most celebrated love stories, exposing the darker undercurrents beneath Romeo's romantic pursuits. Solomons crafts a feminist retelling that is both a love letter to the Elizabethan era and a compelling indictment of how women's stories are so often silenced or overlooked. Atmospheric, intelligent, and compulsively readable, Fair Rosaline stands as a richly imagined triumph of literary historical fiction.
Author: Natasha Solomons
Format: Paperback
Published: 2023, Manilla Press
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Paperback
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.
Fair Rosaline is a bold and imaginative work of historical fiction that reclaims the untold story of Rosaline — the woman Romeo loved before Juliet. Natasha Solomons gives voice to this forgotten figure from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, casting her as a young woman navigating a dangerous world of power, desire, and manipulation. Written with vivid intensity, the novel presents Rosaline's perspective as a sharp counter-narrative to one of literature's most celebrated love stories, exposing the darker undercurrents beneath Romeo's romantic pursuits. Solomons crafts a feminist retelling that is both a love letter to the Elizabethan era and a compelling indictment of how women's stories are so often silenced or overlooked. Atmospheric, intelligent, and compulsively readable, Fair Rosaline stands as a richly imagined triumph of literary historical fiction.