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Every Valley
The Story of Handel’s Messiah
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The extraordinary true story of intertwined lives that lies behind Handel's Messiah, the most performed piece of classical music ever written. London - Dublin, 1741-42. An actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband. A penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the...
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The extraordinary true story of intertwined lives that lies behind Handel's Messiah, the most performed piece of classical music ever written.
London - Dublin, 1741-42.
An actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband. A penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city's abandoned infants. An African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity. A grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment. And a great composer to kings - George Frideric Handel - now ill and straining to keep an audience's attention, faces a decision that will secure his place in history.
Evoking a pivotal moment at the birth of modernity, a time of fear, conspiracy and uprising, and featuring some of the most unusual and brilliant personalities of the eighteenth century, Every Valley is a cinematic and moving drama of hope in the darkness and the entangled lives that shaped a masterpiece.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781847928450
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 07 November 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: The Bodley Head Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 34.0mm
Width: 161.0mm
Height: 242.0mm
Weight: 605g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Charles King is Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University, Washington DC. His numerous books include the New York Times bestseller The Reinvention of Humanity (published in the US as Gods of the Upper Air), which was winner of The Francis Parkman Prize and shortlisted for the British Academy Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; Midnight at the Pera Palace- The Birth of Modern Istanbul; and Odessa- Genius and Death in a City of Dreams, which was winner of a National Jewish Book Award. His writing has appeared in the TLS, New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, The New Republic and other publications.
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