Edward Glover

Fortune's Sonata

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edward Glover
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780992955113
• ISBN-10: 0992955114
• Artikelnr.: 43047319

Autorenporträt

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.