Description
Sheisyoung,beautiful,anddesperatelyinlovewithamanwhocannotreturnheraffectionswithoutarousingsuspicion.Andsotheymeetinsecretembracinginstairwellsandcastleturrets,murmuringeachother'snamesinhushedvoices,reachingpassionatelyforeachotherunderthecoverofdarkness.HisnameisHamlet;hernameisOphelia.Andifyouthinkyouknowtheirstory,thinkagain.BecausewhenbloodydeedsturnthecourtofElsinoreintoaplaceoftreacheryandmadness,theyoungloverswilldeviseaplanforrevengeandforescape.PartoftheirplancallsforOpheliatocastherselfintodarkwaters.Butinsteadofdrowning,shewillfleewithnothingmorethantheclothesonherbackandoneverydangeroussecret.WhatifOphelia,thetragicyoungwaifofShakespeare'sHamlet,didn'tdieUsingthistantalizingpremiseasherleapingoffpoint,LisaKlein'sgorgeousreimaginingofthebard'sgreattragedyplacestheephemeralOpheliaatitscenterpiece.Atoncerevisionistandtruetoitsorigins,herstoryoffersreadersaspellbindingpage-turnerwithtwistssostartlingitwillleavethemwantingmorelongafterthefinal,heart-rendingpageisreached.
Details
Released: Mon 1 Jan 2007
Catalogue Number: 9780747587330
- Edition: 1
- Height (m): 0.2
- Pages: 336
- Weight (g): 230
- Width (m): 0.13
Availabilty
Estimated despatch 14-20 days after ordering.