Music & Silence
Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award 1999
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Product details:
- Publisher Random House
- Date of Publication 6 July 2000
- Number of Volumes B-format paperback
- ISBN 9780099268550
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages528 pages
- Size 197x129x32 mm
- Weight 340 g
- Language English 0
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Long description:
In 1629, young English lutenist Peter Claire arrives at the Danish court believing music will secure his future. Instead, he enters a world shaped by suspicion, rivalry and royal power.
Set in Denmark and in the shadow of the Thirty Yearsâ€TM War, Music & Silence follows Peter as he joins King Christian IVâ€TMs royal orchestra at Rosenborg Castle. The musicians perform in a freezing cellar beneath the splendour of the court, a stark contrast to the glittering chambers above. Yet although he is favoured by the King and nicknamed his “Angelâ€-, Peter is drawn into a forbidden love affair with Emilia Tilsen, companion to the Kingâ€TMs estranged wife, Kirsten Munk – and further into court intrigue.
As King Christianâ€TMs authority weakens, loyalties fracture. Letters are intercepted, alliances shift, and both Emilia and Peter are threatened with a separation that might extinguish their fragile happiness.
Moving between Copenhagen, Norway and Jutland, Music & Silence tells a story of ambition, political manoeuvring and love tested by exile.
†̃The best thing from Denmark since Hamlet.â€TM John Julius Norwich
†̃The best historical novelist of her generation… an unforgettable tapestry of Eros and art.â€TM A. N. Wilson
