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Breathtaking in its range, this is far more than a deep dive into an ocean of Juliets (although it is, gloriously, that): it is a powerful, witty, and provocative exploration of sex and gender, youth and age, love and death. --Anna Beer, author of Eve Bites Back Original, stylish, and compelling... It's a marvellous book, and one that delivers a powerfully inspiring message to the young Juliets of our own troubled times. --Miranda Seymour, author of I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys

An astonishing tour-de-force...Juliet has found the biographer she deserves. --Marion Turner, author of The Wife of Bath: A Biography Breathtaking in its range, this is far more than a deep dive into an ocean of Juliets (although it is, gloriously, that): it is a powerful, witty, and provocative exploration of sex and gender, youth and age, love and death. --Anna Beer, author of Eve Bites Back Original, stylish, and compelling... It's a marvellous book, and one that delivers a powerfully inspiring message to the young Juliets of our own troubled times. --Miranda Seymour, author of I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys

A capacious cultural study of people and politics. Duncan takes us from Shakespeare's stage through plantation slaves to Mussolini's Italy. She writes with wit and acumen, so that the story of Juliet across the centuries is imbued with personality and compassion. This is an extraordinary achievement. --Laurie Maguire, Emeritus Professor, Magdalen College, University of Oxford An astonishing tour-de-force...Juliet has found the biographer she deserves. --Marion Turner, J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language, Oxford University Bursting with energy, wit, and page-turning satisfaction, Sophie Duncan's book unpacks the rich, and sometimes uncomfortable, cultural history of Shakespeare's Juliet. --Gilli Bush-Bailey, Professor Emerita of Women's Performance History, University of London Breathtaking in its range, this is far more than a deep dive into an ocean of Juliets (although it is, gloriously, that): it is a powerful, witty, and provocative exploration of sex and gender, youth and age, love and death. --Anna Beer, author of Eve Bites Back Original, stylish, and compelling... It's a marvellous book, and one that delivers a powerfully inspiring message to the young Juliets of our own troubled times. --Miranda Seymour, author of I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys

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Sophie Duncan is research fellow and dean for welfare at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. She writes about Shakespeare and gender and has worked extensively in theatre and television as a historical advisor. She is the author of two books, including Shakespeare's Women and the Fin de Siècle. She lives in Oxford, UK.

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