Appassionata
Rutshire Chronicles, Book 5
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Sherry Baines
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Jilly Cooper
About this listen
Effervescent as champagne, Jilly Cooper's novel brings back old favourites like Rupert and Taggie Campbell-Black.
Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl in the world.
When a dramatic suicide attempt destroyed her violin career, she set her sights on the male-dominated heights of the conductor's rostrum. Given the chance to take over the Rutminster Symphony Orchestra, Abby is ecstatic, not realising the RSO is composed of the wildest bunch of musicians ever to blow a horn or caress a fiddle.
Abby finds it increasingly difficult to control her undisciplined rabble and pretend she is not madly attracted to the fatally glamorous horn player Viking O'Neill. And then Rannaldini, arch fiend and international maestro, rolls up with Machiavellian plans of his own.
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Critic reviews
"Delicious: light as a souffle and with divine flashes of wit. I could not put the...thing down." (Sunday Express)
"Appassionata - the divine Jilly Cooper's latest and greatest novel." (The Sunday Times)
"Triumphant...a boisterous tale of sex and Chopin amongst Rutshire folk." (Tatler)
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- Julie M.
- 14-07-23
Great book
fab as usual and never ages.wish I was a character on real life. love this book
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- Rosemary
- 13-06-21
Not one of her best stories
I plodded through to the end but I think the book could have been a lot shorter and still had a similar story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-05-20
Audio narration oddly stilted
The audio narration on this is oddly stilted. It almost sounds like a computer reading it. I read the book on kindle and bought the audio file to go with it. I had to stop listening and read it instead. I'm sorry to be negative but the narration really didn't do the book justice.
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- josephine H.Codjoe
- 27-04-21
Fabulous Writing
Loved the story and narrator, Rupert and Marcus reunion . Can't wait for next book.
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- Lu
- 25-08-18
Totally Fatuous!
Not the best Jilly Cooper but easy listening.
Usual childish behaviour with too much money/ not enough money/ I hate you/ I must have you/ I can't bear it/ Don't be fatuous...
Unfortunately most of the characters are so self-absorbed hideous that it's difficult to care what happens to them. There is a feeling of Ms Cooper stopped caring and just wanted the thing to end too.
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- Mill
- 11-09-21
Another great read!
Not as good as Riders and Rivals in my opinion, although to be fair they will take some beating.
Still a great audio book and would recommend.
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- Amanda Millis
- 13-05-21
Addictive!
loved it, a brilliant book, fabulously read on Audible. on to the next in the series
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- Animal lover
- 30-06-19
Struggled!
Just couldn’t get into this, I’ve listened to about a third of it and have given up. Waste of a credit!
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- Anonymous User
- 01-03-24
Excellent escapism
I was hooked to this story and listened to it as I did a charity walk during February - great stuff. Thanks Jilly x
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- Kathy J
- 11-03-24
Typical Jilly
I did enjoy this book, but have to agree with a previous review in that it was nowhere near as good as the previous books in this series. However it was very likeable and very Jilly Cooper. I am getting a little fed up with all the puns now, which are becoming very overdone.
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