Isabelle Adriani

Isabelle Adriani, PhD in History and Fairy-Tales Author, Journalist and Film Maker, speaks 5 languages and studied in 5 different countries, she continues her studies of Fairy-Tales to give us back the truths about the real characters who inspired the most beloved fairy-tales of all times, and to finally give them the light they deserve. In her 12 Volumes of the Series THE DNA OF FAIRY TALES the charming Author unveils the true stories of Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Mulan, Pocahontas, Cinderella, Snow White, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan and many others. The real people who inspired the classic fairy-tales are finally told in this unique Encyclopedia which contains also an historical novel at the end of each volume, about the story of the real people, in their own time, space and historical contexts. In ‘The True Story of Cinderella’ she takes us 2650 years back in time in a marvelous narrative exploration of the first, real Cinderella in history, Rhodopis the rosy-cheeked, a Greek slave girl who married a Pharaoh and all because of a shoe. Ultimately, the Cinderella story is not that of an individual person, but rather of a spirit that lives within all of us, no matter what our culture is or which part of the world we come from. From the earliest versions, the odds are stacked against Cinderella - the name derives from cinder or ash - who is born low class and sold into slavery. Nonetheless, she transformed herself into an independent, empowered, self-made woman. Her story unites us all in the knowledge that, despite our individual and societal limitations, color, language, space and time, we can and should continue to fight for justice and equality. A better life. A better world. The Book begins with an old Latin saying: Per Aspera Ad Astra, which means From the Ashes to the Stars. In the fantasy novel: ‘Castaways in time’ four orphans are shipwrecked on a magic island where they will find marvelous Fairies described as never before, and the Magicians of the four elements who will teach them courage, fear, strength and love. In the Books LE FIABE DI ISABELLE and FIABE MAGICHE DA RECITARE, the Author wrote her unique versions of classic fairy tales which she also tells with her own voice in the main Italian Radio Channel RAI Radio Kids in FIABE DELLA BUONANOTTE (available on RAIPLAYSOUND) www.isabelleadriani.com