Anne Fortier creëert meeslepende verhalen die vaak de kloof overbruggen tussen geschiedenis en het heden. Haar schrijfstijl duikt in mysteries en verborgen waarheden die door de tijd heen resoneren, en nodigt lezers uit in complexe plots en onverwachte onthullingen. Fortiers literaire stijl kenmerkt zich door haar vermogen om het publiek onder te dompelen in ingewikkelde verhaallijnen, hen geboeid te houden met een gevoel van ontdekking. Haar werken resoneren bij lezers door hun verkenning van de menselijke conditie en de aanhoudende zoektocht naar antwoorden op tijdloze vragen.
When Julie Jacobs inherits a key to a safety deposit box in Siena, she is told it will lead her to an old family treasure. Soon she is launched on a precarious journey into the true history of her ancestor Giulietta, whose legendary love for a young man named Romeo inspired Shakespeare's unforgettable story.
"From the author of the New York Times bestseller Juliet comes a mesmerizing novel about a young scholar who risks her reputation--and her life--on a thrilling journey to prove that the legendary warrior women known as the Amazons actually existed. Oxford lecturer Diana Morgan is an expert on Greek mythology. Her obsession with the Amazons started in childhood when her eccentric grandmother claimed to be one herself--before vanishing without a trace. Diana's colleagues shake their heads at her Amazon fixation. But then a mysterious, well-financed foundation makes Diana an offer she cannot refuse. Traveling to North Africa, Diana teams up with Nick Barran, an enigmatic Middle Eastern guide, and begins deciphering an unusual inscription on the wall of a recently unearthed temple. There she discovers the name of the first Amazon queen, Myrina, who crossed the Mediterranean in a heroic attempt to liberate her kidnapped sisters from Greek pirates, only to become embroiled in the most famous conflict of the ancient world--the Trojan War. Taking their cue from the inscription, Diana and Nick set out to find the fabled treasure that Myrina and her Amazon sisters salvaged from the embattled city of Troy so long ago. Diana doesn't know the nature of the treasure, but she does know that someone is shadowing her, and that Nick has a sinister agenda of his own. With danger lurking at every turn, and unsure of whom to trust, Diana finds herself on a daring and dangerous quest for truth that will forever change her world. Sweeping from England to North Africa to Greece and the ruins of ancient Troy, and navigating between present and past, The Lost Sisterhood is a breathtaking, passionate adventure of two women on parallel journeys, separated by time, who must fight to keep the lives and legacy of the Amazons from being lost forever. Advance praise for The Lost Sisterhood "The Lost Sisterhood is a spellbinding adventure, a tale of two courageous women separated by millennia but pursuing interwoven quests: one to protect and lead her sisters through a dangerous ancient world, the other to prove that the legendary tribe of women truly existed, and that their legacy endures."--Jennifer Chiaverini, author of Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker and The Spymistress "Anne Fortier's boldly imaginative and beautifully plotted novel takes us on a spellbinding journey from the halls of Oxford to the ruins of Troy, with a mysterious journal leading the way to a fascinating history. The Lost Sisterhood connects wonderfully smart and strong sisters of the present and the past in a story I won't soon forget."--Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Wednesday Daughters "The Lost Sisterhood is a bright, burning, magnificent accomplishment. Compulsively readable, mystical and heroic, this is a novel that will capture your interest, your imagination, and your heart. The compelling characters, beautifully rendered settings, and fascinating and original history are well served by the creativity with which Fortier blends them in this truly amazing story."--M.J. Rose, author of The Book of Lost Fragrances"-- Provided by publisher
This book investigates uncertainty as a governing practice from the unique vantage point of 'citizenisation' - twenty-first-century integration and naturalisation measures that make and unmake citizens and migrants, while indefinitely holding many applicants for citizenship in the waiting room of citizenship. -- .
Mladá pětadvacetiletá Američanka Julie Jacobsová zdědí po své tetě podivný dopis, který ji posílá do italské Sienny. Zde se Julie dovídá, že je přímým potomkem Julietty a Romea, kteří v Sienně skutečně ve 14. století žili a jejichž tragický příběh inspiroval nesmrtelné Shakespearovo drama. Rozhádané rody, které kdysi stály za zmařenou láskou, v Sienně pořád žijí a kletba, jež na ně byla seslána, je stále sužuje. Julie se snaží dobrat pravdy o tom, co se před šesti stoletími stalo, a tuší, že i kdyby našla svého Romea (a jeden takový by tu byl), hrozí jí stále stejný osud - tedy tragická smrt. Trailer ke knize - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x7sEa7_k0Q
