"Romeo and Juliet, the most famous William Shakespeare's work, tells the story of two teenagers in love who, despite the opposition of their families, who rival each other, decide to get married clandestinely; however, that rivalry between the Montesco and the Capulets, as well as a series of fatalities, make an unexpected tragedy for all. This book takes us to Verona, Italy, at the end of the sixteenth century, and makes us feel that passion the protagonists profess, or the desire to participate with prince Escalus and frai Lorenzo in banishing the ancestral hatred that has dragged both families and which has permeated all the people"--Back cover.