The first retelling of the passionate, twelfth-century love story since the discovery of 113 love letters between Pierre Abelard and Heloise d''Argenteuil - the original Romeo and Juliet.He was a famous Paris philosopher, headmaster and poet whose dashing good looks made women swoon. She was his student, a brilliant young scholar, beautiful and wry. Forbidden to love each other by the church and society, Abelard and Heloise defied the rules to follow their hearts, risking everything that mattered to them - including each other.