title: Juliet's Nurse: A Novel
author:  Lois Leveen 
description: Lois Leveens richly detailed, fascinating novel offers a wholly original and intriguing take on one of Shakespeares most beloved plays through the imagined life of Juliets faithful nurse, whose secret loves and tragedies rival the young lovers own. (Jennifer Chiaverini, author of Mrs. Lincoln's Rival)<br /><br />"With the largest number of lines in Shakespeare's play after the two lovers, wet nurse Angelica takes center stage in Leveen's (The Secrets of Mary Bowser, 2012) second novel, which begins 14 years before the fateful five days spanned by the drama... Leveen's enthusiastic historical novel pushes the classic teenage romance aside to give greater weight to a mother's love and losses." (Kirkus Reviews)<br /><br />Wise, thoughtful,and utterly irresistible. A powerful story not just of youth seduced by love and destruction, but also of maturity left to pick up what is left and carry on. (Eva Stachniak, Internationally bestselling author of The Winter Palace and Empress of the Night)<br /><br />A beautifully written and sometimes chilling novel thats deliciously sensual and fittingly dark. <i>Juliets Nurse</i> not only seems true to the classic but illuminates it. I couldnt stop reading.  (Arthur L. Little, Jr., UCLA professor and author of Shakespeare Jungle Fever)<br /><br />Clever, fast-paced, well-researched and beautifully written. Convincing historical details are sprinkled throughout, provoking in the reader the sense of how it must have been in the 14th century. I loved it. (Roberta Rich, Internationally bestselling author of The Midwife of Venice and The Harem Midwife)<br /><br />"To Leveens wonderfully crafted plot, add lovely language and a cast of truly complex characters. A sure bet for fans of Geraldine Brooks." (<i>EarlyWord.com</i>)<br /><br />"Sumptuously researched . . . you'll never think about Romeo and Juliet quite the same way again" (<i>BookTrib.com</i>)<br /><br />"This book is rich in history and rich in Shakespeare's world with his characters coming to life in these pages more than they ever did for me even in high school EnglishMore than they have in any on-screen telling I've ever seen. (<i>The Grand World of Books</i>)<br /><br />"Lois Leveen's Juliet's Nurse is an engrossing and never-before-seen glimpse into life in Shakespeare's 'fair Verona.' With sumptuous language, well-researched period detail, and a cast of compelling characters, Leveen weaves a world in which love and deception lurk on every page and around every corner. Treat yourself to this new and richly imagined version of literature's most cherished and tragic love story." (Allison Pataki, New York Times Bestselling Author of THE TRAITOR'S WIFE)<br /><br />"Intricate...impressive." (<i>Library Journal</i>)
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  Jean Fullerton is the author of fourteen historical novels and two novellas.
  She is a qualified District and Queen’s nurse who has spent most of her
  working life in the East End of London, first as a Sister in charge of a team,
  and then as a District Nurse tutor. She is also a qualified teacher and spent
  twelve years lecturing on community nursing studies at a London university.
  She now writes full time.
  
    
  
  Find out more at [www.jeanfullerton.com](http://www.jeanfullerton.com)
  
    
    
  
  Also by Jean Fullerton
  
    
    
  
   _No Cure for Love_
  
   _A Glimpse of Happiness_
  
   _Perhaps Tomorrow_
  
   _Hold on to Hope_
  
   _Call Nurse Millie_
  
   _Christmas with Nurse Millie_
  
   _All Change for Nurse Millie_
  
   _Easter with Nurse Millie_
  
   _Fetch Nurse Connie_
  
   _Wedding Bells for Nurse Connie_
  
   _Pocketful of Dreams_
  
   _A Ration Book Christmas_
  
   _A Ration Book Childhood_
  
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