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VIVALDI?S LOST CONCERTO IBD

JENNIFER MACKENZIE DUNBAR
06 / 2019
9780648504313
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Sinopsis

Vivaldi&rsquo,s Lost Concerto is inspired by the 2010 discovery of a Vivaldi flute concerto in the archives of a medieval Scottish Abbey andáis an historical mysteryáwith aácontemporary parallel story, intertwining romantic settings witháclear eyed social realism.Having survived a brutal prison term Fiona Sinclair, a recovering drug addict, begins the road to recovery, clinging desperately to one fragile link to her past &ndash, the music of Scotland. Given a battered flute by her music therapist, Teresa, Fiona begins to build the confidence she needs to become the woman she wants to be. By chance she hears a flute concerto that has only recently been discovered and is stunned to realise she already knows the tune.áHer research takes her, and the reader, into the desperate and dangerous lives of Vivaldi&rsquo,s housekeeper Paolina Giro, who is also his secret lover, and Lord Robert Kerr, the purchaser of the concerto - a gay man trying to escapeáhis father',sábrutal demands that heáfight against his fellow country men - the Jacobites.áThe novel is a mystery about love, music and family secrets. Set in romantic locations,áit explores the lives of marginalised groups such as prisoners, isolated women and gay men, through themes of desparationáandáhope,áisolation and friendship. Aásountrack of baroqueáand traditional Scottish music weaves througháthe novel, celebratingáthe healing power of music. It will appeal to readers ofá Kate Morton, Geraldine Brooks, Tracy Chevalier and Diane Gabaldon.