The Ghostly Father
By Sue Barnard
Publication Date: 22nd October 2018
Publisher: Ocelot Press
Page Length: 225
Genre: Historical Romance
Was this what really happened to Romeo & Juliet? Think you know the world's most famous love story? Think again. What if the story of Romeo & Juliet really happened - but not quite in the way we've all been told? This part-prequel, part-sequel to the original tale, told from the point of view of the Friar, tells how an ancient Italian manuscript reveals secrets and lies which have remained hidden for hundreds of years, and casts new doubts on the official story of Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers. If you love the Romeo & Juliet story but are disappointed with the way it ended, this is the book for you.
Praise
From an illicit love affair of the second son of a wealthy Venetian Count to the streets of fair Verona and a tragic love story that would transcend time, The Ghostly Father by Sue Barnard is the retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but this time it is the Friar that is controlling the narrative.
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Sue Barnard
Sue Barnard is a British novelist, editor and award-winning poet whose family background is far stranger than any work of fiction. She would write a book about it if she thought anybody would believe her.
Sue was born in North Wales but has spent most of her life in and around Manchester, UK. She speaks French like a Belgian, German like a schoolgirl, and Italian and Portuguese like an Englishwoman abroad.
Her mind is so warped that she has appeared on BBC TV’s Only Connect quiz show, and she has also compiled questions for BBC Radio 4’s fiendishly difficult Round Britain Quiz. This once caused one of her sons to describe her as “professionally weird.” The label has stuck.
Sue lives in Cheshire with her extremely patient husband and a large collection of unfinished scribblings.
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I love Romeo and Juliet, I shall look forward to reading your book.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jamie. I hope you enjoy it. It was great fun to write.
DeleteYour book sounds right up my street. I love Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Please let me know what you think :-)
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