The Fool's Girl - Hardcover

Rees, Celia

3.38

1,446 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747597324 ISBN 13: 9780747597322

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2010

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Violetta and Feste have come to London to rescue the holy relics taken from the church in Illyria by the evil Malvolio. Their journey has been long and their adventures many, but it is not until they meet the playwright William Shakespeare that they get to tell the entire story from beginning to end! But where will this remarkable tale ultimately lead Violetta and her companion? And will they manage to save themselves, and the relics from the very evil intentions of Malvolio?

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Review:

`[Celia Rees's work] never fails to thrill . . . An outstanding story of loss and love, of beliefs and destiny'
--Waterstone's Books Quarterly

'Meticulously researched...vividly represented.'
--The Federation of Children's Book Groups

`The lushly romantic story is very involving and always enjoyable, and it's packed with wonderfully evocative details' -- Guardian

`Ambitious, clever and compelling . . . Rees's imagination makes her gloriously unpredictable'
-- The Times

`A sophisticated, compelling novel about creativity, sexual ambiguity and cunning. It should be required reading for readers of 13+ studying the play'
-- The Times

`I've saved the best for last. The prolific, erudite and consistently brilliant Celia Rees is justly renowned for her dizzyingly inventive plots, redolent of everyone from Angela Carter to Shakespeare. Sovay and Witch Child are two of her best-known books in the younger market, but she has written countless more, all equally breathtaking'
--Guardian

`Fast and gripping . . . The writing is faithful to the period and the depiction of Shakespeare reads authentically'
--Bookfest

`An intelligent and well-crafted read, Rees' The Fool's Girl will enchant the history or literature fan'
--Wordsmith, Oct-Dec 2010, Issue 38

`A sparkling, intelligent, well textured novel for younger teenagers of both sexes'
--Literary Review

'A gripping and evocative historical novel' --Wordsmith

Book Description:

Nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2011

Shakespeare in Love meets Twelfth Night - A gripping and evocative historical novel by bestselling Celia Rees

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