Much Ado About Nothing (7 page)

Ah! The image will get a million hits when we put it on the net.

‘So, Benedick, how does it feel to be a married man?' Pedro asks.

‘I'm on top of the world!' Benedick grins from ear to ear. ‘I don't care what people think. We're all the same – we say one thing, then do another, and that's a fact.' Then he tells Claudio that he's not planning to fight him to the death after all, skimming over the news that John has been arrested and brought back to Messina. ‘We'll think about that tomorrow. And you, Pedro,' he says with a wink, ‘you need to find yourself a wife!'

Cue music and dancing. There's no designer dress this time, and very few A-list guests, but
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still captures the partying on camera. This is Claudia Ricci signing off, with the news that we got our big fat wedding exclusive after all.

Jenny Oldfield was born in Yorkshire and now lives there again after a spell in the Midlands, where she read English at Birmingham University.

First published at the age of 24, she has had her
Home Farm Twins
series adapted for BBC television, and has written more than 100 books for adults and children. Her work, including
Horses of Half Moon Ranch
, is available in the UK and America, plus translations into many European languages.

While seeking to update
Much Ado About Nothing
, Jenny tuned into World Cup fever in the run-up to the 2010 event in South Africa. The glamour and gossip surrounding international footballers and their wives and girlfriends seemed exactly right for Shakespeare's fluffy, frivolous rom-com.

This electronic edition published 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Text copyright © 2011 Jenny Oldfield
Illustrations copyright © 2011 Serena Curmi

First published 2008 by
A & C Black
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eISBN 9781408153550

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