{"product_id":"9781847928450","title":"Every Valley : The Story of Handel’s Messiah","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): King, Charles \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/11\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781847928450,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery Valley is a glittering narrative history of intertwined lives that tells the story behind one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, Handel's Messiah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty and adventure. Unforgettable.’ SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORELondon - Dublin, 1741-42.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn actress mired in scandal plans her escape from an abusive husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA penniless sea captain sets out to rescue the city’s abandoned infants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn African Muslim and former captive in the colonies becomes a celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA grieving political dissident seeks release from his torment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvoking 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 cinematic and moving account of hope in the darkness and the entangled lives that shaped a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A mesmerizing journey through one of the most fascinating and creative moments in human history’ AMANDA FOREMAN‘Riveting’ The Times Book of the Week'Fascinating . . . cinematic . . . truly informative, imaginative and engaging' Financial Times'An absolute delight' PETER FRANKOPAN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43819791286316,"sku":"9781847928450","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781847928450_88c80c08-bd44-4587-9a3b-7cd79eb30b35.jpg?v=1759680563","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781847928450","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}