{"product_id":"fair-rosaline-9781728281230b","title":"Fair Rosaline","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe most exciting historical retelling of 2023: a subversive, powerful untelling of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eRomeo and Juliet \u003c\/span\u003eby \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author Natasha Solomons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas the greatest ever love story a lie?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon 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 realizes that it is not only Juliet's reputation at stake, but her life .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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShattering everything we thought we knew about Romeo and Juliet, Fair Rosaline is the spellbinding prequel to Shakespeare's best known tale, which exposes Romeo as a predator with a long history of pursuing much younger girls. Bold, lyrical, and chillingly relevant, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFair Rosaline\u003c\/span\u003e reveals the dark subtext of the timeless story of star-crossed lovers: it's a feminist revision that will enthrall readers of bestselling literary retellings such as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHamnet \u003c\/span\u003eby Maggie O'Farrell and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHester \u003c\/span\u003eby Laurie Lico Albanese.","brand":"Sourcebooks","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42869363769424,"sku":"9781728281230B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781728281230-l.jpg?v=1785902275","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/fair-rosaline-9781728281230b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}