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Fortune's Sonata
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Fortune's Sonata

BookPaperback
Ranking1199776inBelletristik
CHF31.90

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English by birth, Prussian by marriage, rebellious by nature, the beautiful Arabella von Deppe steers her family through turbulent historical times in this thrilling story of love and loss, betrayal and revenge, ambition and beliefs, friendship and fate. With music as her inspiration and a murderer as her friend, she proves a worthy adversary of Fortune as she weathers winds beyond her control.Against a vivid backdrop of Frederick the Great's court, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the action in Edward Glover's sequel to The Music Book spans four decades and four countries Prussia, Russia, England and France bringing the English countess face to face with Prussian kings, a Russian empress, Beethoven and Mozart.The second volume in a compelling trilogy, Fortune's Sonata ends with an intriguing mystery that sets the scene for the final book, about two families on the road to the First World War.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-9929551-1-3
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
PublisherEdward Glover
Publishing date01/06/2015
Pages448 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 140 mm, Height 216 mm, Thickness 26 mm
Weight628 g
Article no.22387133
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.18354993
Product groupBelletristik
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Author

Edward Glover was born in London. After gaining a history degree followed by an MPhil atBirkbeck, University of London, he embarked on a career in the British diplomatic service,during which his overseas postings included Washington DC, Berlin, Brussels and theCaribbean. He subsequently advised on foreign ministry reform in post-invasion Iraq, Kosovoand Sierra Leone. For seven years he headed a one-million-acre rainforest-conservationproject in South America, on behalf of the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Government ofGuyana.