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The Instrumentalist: 'Brilliantly imagined' - Sunday Times

The Instrumentalist: 'Brilliantly imagined' - Sunday Times

by Harriet Constable

Format
Paperback
Category
Fiction
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Publish Date
September 2024

Enthralling, passionate, vivid. The Instrumentalist is a marvel' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE
'Historical fiction as it should be written' MAIL ON SUNDAY
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Anna Maria may have no name, no fortune, no family. But she has her ambition, and her talent.
Her best hope lies in her teacher, Antonio Vivaldi. Soon she is his star pupil.
But as Anna Maria's star rises, not everyone is happy. Because Anna Maria's shining light is threatening to eclipse that of her mentor -
She will leave her mark, whatever it takes. And her story will be heard.
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'Had me spellbound from start to finish' EMMA STONEX

'A story of musical rivalry which will completely capture your imagination' ELODIE HARPER

'I was swept away by this searing portrait of ambition and betrayal' ELIZABETH MACNEAL

'An immersive, impassioned tale full of colour and sound' OBSERVER

'A fascinating story of music, ambition, and womanhood in eighteenth-century Venice' CHARMAINE WILKERSON

'Viscerally transports you to eighteenth-century Venice and revives the lost story of a phenomenal woman' MARIE CLAIRE

'An absorbing story of musical rivalry and ambition, rescuing an unjustly forgotten woman of genius from history's dustbin' SUNDAY TIMES, Best historical fiction

'Fans of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist will adore it' I PAPER

**An Observer Debut Novelist of 2024**

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