Akron Public Library

Has any other love story become so enmeshed in our culture as the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet? In fair Verona the families of Montague and Capulet are locked in a long-standing, bitter blood feud when young Romeo Montague slips into a masquerade party at the Capulet's. During the dance he glimpses Juliet, the daughter of the house, and is struck by love at first sight. She returns his passion and they promise each other everlasting love notwithstanding...

Elizabeth I : red rose of the House of Tudor: Young Elizabeth yearns for the love of her father, King Henry VIII. How will she, the Invisible Princess, gain his favor, when her half-sister Mary foils her every move. Join the noble princess in the most perilous of royal courts. Isabel : jewel of Castilla: Princess Isabel has a terrible choice to make. Should she submit to the tyrannical rule of her elder brother, King Enrique of Spain, and marry a...