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The Instrumentalist

By: Harriet Constable
Narrated by: Emilia Clarke, Harriet Constable
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Summary

‘Enthralling, passionate, vivid. The Instrumentalist is a marvel’ KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE

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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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‘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

‘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 Observer Debut Novelist of 2024**
©2024 Harriet Constable (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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An evocative step into 18th century Venice and a very credible account of Anna Maria delle Piteta - an outstanding violinist and orphan. Painfully revealing the submission of girls and women and their exploitation. It’s warm, engaging if very slightly over written in places - for me anyway.

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