In Honor of Mozart's Birthday, January 27th, the BWL
Blurbathon brings you:
My
Mozart by Juliet Waldron, from Books We Love Publishing
Mozart
was her teacher, her mentor, her rescuer--and, finally, fatally, her lover. ..
At
dawn, in the marble palace of a Prince, a nine-year-old sings for Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, then at the peak of his career. Always delighted by musical
children, he accepts Nanina as a pupil. Gifted, intense and imaginative, she
sees the great "Kapellmeister Mozart" as an avatar of Orpheus and her
own, personal divinity.
His lessons are irregular and playful, but the teacher/pupil bond grows strong. Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro premieres, and Nanina, now twelve, is given a solo part. For her, this is the beginning of a long stage career. For Mozart, it marks the start of his ruin. His greatest works will be composed in poverty and obscurity.
During the composer's last summer, his wife has left him. Chronically in debt and suffering the emotional isolation of genius, he takes refuge with his disreputable Volksoper friends, who want him to write a "peasant opera" for their audience. Nanina, now grown, and still in love with Mozart, is among their number. As he seeks solace among the women of the Volksoper, the charms of his young fan become increasingly alluring. No one, least of all the composer, understands the depth of her obsession or how a brief affair will permanently alter her life.
"This really knocked my socks off, and so you don't have to know the opera or Mozart's music to love this book." Kay Cochran
"The brilliance of the plot is that it is timeless ... Teenage fan falls in love, has a brief love affair with her idol...The characters are as real as today, once again underscoring the fact that people, after all, never change in motives or behavior, only in time." Patricia A. Martin
Buy
My Mozart at:
Juliet
Waldron, Award Winning romantic Historicals
Learn
more Juliet's characters and about their life and times at: http://www.julietwaldron.com
And
do check back to learn all about BWL author Cheryl Wright's
marvelous books on January 29th!
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