Liszt's Kiss: A NovelSimon and Schuster, 10 abr 2007 - 336 páginas The romantic story of a young female pianist in cholera-ravaged Paris of 1832, whose own tragedy leaves her susceptible to the passions and scandals of the composer Franz Liszt At the height of the Romantic era in Paris, there was no bigger celebrity than the composer and pianist Franz Liszt. A fiery and gorgeous Hungarian, he made women swoon at soirees and left a trail of broken hearts behind him. Anne, a countess and talented young pianist whose mother has just died of cholera, hears Franz Liszt in concert and is swept up in his allure. The enigmatic Marie d'Agoult, a friend of Anne's late mother, takes her under her wing and introduces her to the artistic world -- despite the objections of Anne's sullen and sorrowful father. Anne soon finds herself in the midst of dangerous intrigues, discovering a family secret so shocking that her father will go to any lengths to protect it. With the ominous presence of Paris's most deadly epidemic looming over every turbulent event, Liszt's Kiss is a rich evocation of a remarkable period as seen through the eyes of a sensitive young artist. |
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... ballroom, a room made for music and laughter, playing to each other and singing. Mozart, Schubert, Clementi—the marquise had even danced a mazurka while Anne read through some new sheet music by Monsieur Chopin. “Your playing is more ...
... ballroom, a room made for music and laughter, playing to each other and singing. Mozart, Schubert, Clementi—the marquise had even danced a mazurka while Anne read through some new sheet music by Monsieur Chopin. “Your playing is more ...
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... ballroom door. Julien, the footman, had already risen from his stool in the vestibule and opened the old mansion's front door when Anne heard her father's unmistakable approach, heard him climb the three steps from the courtyard one at ...
... ballroom door. Julien, the footman, had already risen from his stool in the vestibule and opened the old mansion's front door when Anne heard her father's unmistakable approach, heard him climb the three steps from the courtyard one at ...
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... ballroom at Thérèse, who, her face still streaked with tears, carried a basket full of linens to a corner of the courtyard and poured them in a lump onto a bonfire. Billows of black smoke curled up and merged with the flat, gray sky. It ...
... ballroom at Thérèse, who, her face still streaked with tears, carried a basket full of linens to a corner of the courtyard and poured them in a lump onto a bonfire. Billows of black smoke curled up and merged with the flat, gray sky. It ...
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... ballroom door. “Papa!” She ran toward him. He had retreated to the silence of his library soon after the doctor left, and she had not seen him since the moment of her mother's death. He shrank away from her, turning so that his shoulder ...
... ballroom door. “Papa!” She ran toward him. He had retreated to the silence of his library soon after the doctor left, and she had not seen him since the moment of her mother's death. He shrank away from her, turning so that his shoulder ...
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... ballroom. She had been allowed to wear her best dress, and she sat on the lap of a duchess to watch. The lavish costumes enchanted her. One of the scenes was a storm, and the sudden roll of the tympani made Anne cry. She thought that ...
... ballroom. She had been allowed to wear her best dress, and she sat on the lap of a duchess to watch. The lavish costumes enchanted her. One of the scenes was a storm, and the sudden roll of the tympani made Anne cry. She thought that ...
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