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The Instrumentalist
A spellbinding novel that will transport you to 18th-century Venice
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The Times top ten bestseller‘As tightly tuned as a thriller’ Telegraph‘A marvel’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave‘Compelling, vividly described magic’ Observer‘Historical fiction as it should be written’ Mail on Sunday‘Remarkable’ New York Times Anna Maria may have no name, no fortune, no family. But she has her ambition,...
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A dazzling historical debut set in eighteenth-century Venice, about the woman written out of the story of one of history's greatest musical masterpieces
A dazzling historical debut set in eighteenth-century Venice, about the woman written out of the story of one of history's greatest musical masterpieces
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The Times top ten bestseller
‘As tightly tuned as a thriller’ Telegraph
‘A marvel’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave
‘Compelling, vividly described magic’ Observer
‘Historical fiction as it should be written’ Mail on Sunday
‘Remarkable’ New York Times
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 threatens to eclipse that of her mentor. The prodigy becomes the rival...
She will leave her mark, whatever it takes. Her story will be heard.
Shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award
‘A compassionate coming-of-age tale … Constable understands the power music has to sustain us’ Observer
‘Had me spellbound from start to finish’ Emma Stonex
‘Constable infuses historical fact with richly wrought fictional details, to investigate admiration and resentment, ego and legacy’ i paper
‘A whirlwind of all-consuming, dizzying ambition … Spectacularly imagined’ Mail on Sunday
‘Vibrates with colour and passion … I was completely swept up’ Elodie Harper
‘An immersive, impassioned tale full of colour and sound’ Guardian
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781526674609
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 17 July 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 336
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About the Author
Harriet Constable is a journalist, filmmaker and author based in London. Her journalism and documentary work has featured in outlets including the New York Times, BBC, Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, NPR, and the Economist. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of Journalism summer school and is a Pulitzer Center grantee and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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