Every valley : the story of Handel's Messiah
King, Charles, 1967-2025
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London, 1741. An actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband. A penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city's abandoned infants. An African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity. A grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment. And a great composer to kings - George Frideric Handel - now ill and straining to keep an audience's attention, faces a decision that will secure his place in history. Evoking a pivotal moment at the birth of modernity, a time of fear, conspiracy and uprising, and featuring some of the most unusual and brilliant personalities of the eighteenth century, 'Every Valley' is a resonant story of hope in the darkness and the entangled lives that shaped a masterpiece.
Main title:
Every valley : the story of Handel's Messiah / Charles King.
Author:
King, Charles, 1967-, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2025.
Collation:
352 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781529942873 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
782.23092782.23782.2309782.23 KING
Language:
English
BRN:
8980121