J Aldric Gaudet: 4 books

Three tween friends, one nine-year-old girl, a brother/sister pair of nine-year-old twins, a faithful dog and a Christmas ornament have adventures beyond the norm in these re-renderings of the fable for modern times.These 21st century fables resemble ancient fables while reflecting the concerns of our...

Set in pre-Roman Britain, the story begins when a king’s daughter goes against her father’s wishes and marries a lowborn gentleman instead of her oafish step-brother. The angry king banishes the husband from Britain so the marriage can be annulled. While the husband waits in Rome he is drawn into...

Young prince Hamlet despairs over the death of his father and the hasty marriage of his mother to his uncle. Then his father’s ghost appears and tells him he was murdered by his brother and Hamlet must avenge him. On the same day, his sweetheart Ophelia is commanded by her father to stop seeing...

This classic story starts with a feud between two households, alike in dignity. Romeo, a passionate romantic besotted with Rosaline but rejected by her, meets Juliet, another passionate romantic. The two fall hopelessly in love before discovering their households are mortal enemies. They marry in...