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HARRIET CONSTABLE The Instrumentalist. Reviewed by Ann Skea

HARRIET CONSTABLE The Instrumentalist. Reviewed by Ann Skea

by NRB | 10 Oct 2024 | Fiction | 0 comments

Harriet Constable’s debut novel takes inspiration from a real-life Venetian prodigy who was both a student of and rival to Vivaldi. Anna Maria della Pietà is destined for greatness. At eight, she knows it as surely as string knows bow, as lightning knows storm, as...
             

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