An amazing novel about love, which has inspired writers, sculptors, artists and directors for centuries. Young American Julia Jacobs is offended: her beloved aunt left her entire fortune to her sister, and Julia herself - only the key to the deposit safe in the Bank of Siena. The disappointed girl leaves to Italy, not suspecting that this journey will change her life forever. Because it is she who will have to reveal the secret of Romeo and Juliet, the true story of which is in many ways different from the one set out in Shakespeare’s play. Romance, adventure, passion and hatred... Is it possible so that the story of great love is repeated in our time?