Romeo and Juliet - David Hewson

David Hewson

Category: Historical Fiction

Narrator: Richard Armitage

Tags: Historical Fiction, Romance

Its a story you think you know: the age-old tale of star-crossd lovers; two families at war; a romance, so pure and absolute, fated for a tragic end. Its a story so thoroughly embedded in our culture, and so frequently retold. Yet, nothing captures the spark, the possibility, and the surprise of Shakespeares work quite like this., In Romeo and Juliet: A Novel, author David Hewson reworks and expands on the classic story so that it becomes something richer, something new and entirely its own. Much more than a simple love story, it is a brilliant examination of young versus old, hope against despair, and, for Juliet, the search for individual identity at a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel., An original production commissioned by Audible, Romeo and Juliet: A Novel marks the second pairing of David Hewson and actor Richard Armitage, whose previous partnership resulted in Audibles 2014 Audiobook of the Year, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel. Hewsons talent for wri