Every Valley <\/i>is the cinematic and moving true story that lies behind the creation of one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, Handel’s Messiah<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>\n
‘A mesmerizing journey [through] one of the most fascinating and creative moments in human history’ AMANDA FOREMAN<\/b><\/p>\n
‘Unforgettable. A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty and adventure’ SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE<\/b><\/p>\n
London, 1741.<\/i>
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.<\/p>\n
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 <\/i>is a resonant story of hope in the darkness and the entangled lives that shaped a masterpiece.<\/p>\n
‘A book of power and glory, brimming with emotion and dazzling in its reach’<\/b> STACY SCHIFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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