Music & Silence
Author: Rose Tremain
For alternate cover ISBN 9780099268550 click here.In the year 1629, a young English lutenist named Peter Claire arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV’s Royal Orchestra. From the moment when he realises that the musicians perform in a freezing cellar underneath the royal apartments, Peter Claire understands that he’s come to a place where the opposing states….Read More
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