A novel set in 18th-century Venice at a prestigious music school, about two girls drawn together by a dangerous wagerVenice, 1717. Fifteen-year-old Luisa has only wanted one thing: to be the best at violin. As a student at the Ospedale della Piet?, she hopes to join the highest ranks of its illustrious girls? orchestra and become a prot?g? of the great Antonio Vivaldi. Luisa is good at violin, but she is not the best. She has peers, but she does not have friends. Until Maddalena.After a scandal threatens her noble family?s reputation, Maddalena is sent to the Piet? to preserve her marriage prospects. When she meets Luisa, Maddalena feels the stirrings of a friendship unlike anything she has known. But Maddalena has a secret: she has hatched a dangerous plot to rescue her future her own way. When she invites Luisa into her plans, promising to make her dreams come true, Luisa doesn?t hesitate. But every wager has its price, and as the girls are drawn into the decadent world outside the
Author : Julia Fine
Pages : pages
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Language : eng
ISBN-10 : 9781250867872
ISBN-13 : 9781250867872